A 45-year-old ex-doctor accused of murdering a patient with ALS, an intractable disease, has been charged with murdering his own father, and the former doctor denies the charges. Did.
Former doctors Naoki Yamamoto (45) and doctor Yuichi Okubo (44) administered drugs to a 51-year-old Kyoto woman suffering from ALS, an intractable disease, at the request of the woman four years ago. has been charged with murder.
In addition, the two are also charged with murder for taking Yamamoto's 77-year-old father out of the hospital and killing him 12 years ago.
Among the series of cases, the lay judge trial for the murder of Yamamoto's father began on the 12th at the Kyoto District Court.
Defendant Yamamoto denied the indictment, saying, "He never murdered."
In the opening statement, the prosecution said, ``The defendant worked out a plan through email with defendant Okubo to kill his mentally ill father, obtain a death certificate, and promptly cremate him. It was a situation, but defendant Okubo administered the drug solution."
On the other hand, the defense said, ``The defendant was invited by defendant Okubo to plan the murder, but thought he would give up. However, defendant Okubo killed him shortly after he was away from his father. Defendant Okubo committed the crime alone," he pleaded not guilty.
ALS woman's father 'clear why doctors didn't fulfill their role'
The 82-year-old father of a woman who suffered from intractable disease ALS and was murdered in a commissioned murder case said about this trial, "While cases that are not directly related to my daughter will be tried first, when will my daughter's case go to court?" It's not decided whether it will be held. I'm trying to think that it's inevitable, but it's a shame." He added, "I haven't sorted out my feelings yet. I want you to clarify why the defendant did not fulfill his role as a doctor by admonishing his daughter to live."
What is this trial
The suspicion that Yamamoto also killed his own father surfaced during the investigation of the commissioned murder of an ALS patient.
Yamamoto and Yuichi Okubo, 44, a doctor, have been charged with commissioned murder and other crimes. indicted.
The trial began on the 12th to question Yamamoto's guilt for his father's murder, and it is the first time that a trial will be held in a series of cases.
After Yamamoto was sentenced on the 7th of next month for his father's murder, the trial of the mother, Junko, will begin on the 13th of next month.
On the other hand, regarding the commissioned murder case, procedures are still underway to sort out the issues and evidence before the trial, and neither Yamamoto nor Okubo are expected to go to trial for the first time.