In 2017, Mayor Hiroto Fujii of Minokamo City, Gifu Prefecture, who was found guilty of bribery and other crimes, requested a retrial, or a redo of the trial, but the Nagoya High Court decided not to approve the retrial. bottom.
In April 2013, when Mayor Fujii of Minokamo City, Gifu Prefecture was a member of the city council, he was charged with bribery and other crimes for receiving cash from a contractor in return for the introduction of water purification equipment to junior high schools. rice field.
In the trial, it was disputed whether the vendor's statement that he "handed over cash" could be trusted, and the mayor consistently insisted that he was innocent, and he was acquitted in the first trial, but in the second trial, he was sentenced to a suspended sentence. In 2017, the Supreme Court dismissed the final appeal, and the judgment became final.
Two years ago, Mayor Fujii filed a petition requesting a retrial, or a redo of the trial, claiming that the testimony that was considered important evidence of guilt in the trial was pulled out under the guidance of the prosecution and was not admissible as evidence. rice field.
Presiding Judge Mihoko Tanabe of the Nagoya High Court said, ``Even if we consider the new evidence that has been submitted, there is no room for reasonable doubt in the findings of the final judgment.'' made the decision not to accept
After Mayor Fujii filed for a retrial, she ran for Mayor of Minokamo last January and won.
Minokamo City Mayor Fujii "I want to continue fighting"
Mayor Fujii of Minokamo City held a press conference near the court in Nagoya and revealed that he had filed an objection that the retrial was not allowed.
After that, he said, "I was hoping that new evidence would be submitted and the truth would be accepted, but the result was disappointing. I will strongly appeal for false charges and continue to fight."
Nagoya High Public Prosecutor's Office "Appropriate and reasonable decisions"
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Toshiyuki Yamada of the Nagoya High Public Prosecutor's Office commented that the Nagoya High Court's decision not to allow a retrial was ``a proper and appropriate decision.''