Five years ago, in Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, he was accused of firing an airgun bullet at his one-year-old son and causing him to die without receiving necessary medical treatment, including abandonment of a guardian to death. The Fukuoka District Court sentenced the father to 16 years in prison as requested by the prosecution, saying that it was an extremely cruel crime that disregarded his personality and dignity.
Masanori Jokei (27), an unemployed man from Tagawa City, assaulted his third son Yuima (1 year old at the time) at his home five years ago by firing air gun bullets many times, and was weakened. He was accused of causing injury and abandoning a person in charge of protection, for causing him to die without being aware of it and not receiving the necessary medical treatment.
In the trial so far, the prosecution has demanded a sentence of 16 years in prison, and the defendant has claimed innocence, saying, ``There is a possibility that someone other than the defendant shot the air gun, and there is a possibility that he was not aware that he was in a condition that required protection.'' was doing.
Atsushi Tomita, the presiding judge of the Fukuoka District Court, ruled on the 9th that the defendant fired an air gun at close range and was aware that he was in need of treatment, and found him not guilty. dismissed the claim.
On top of that, he said, ``While witnessing the weakening of a child who is only one year old, he has continued to be unprotected for a long period of time, and the consequences are serious. There is no choice but to face the crime for a long period of time without words of remorse or apology.”
In this case, the 27-year-old mother was also accused of abandoning the person in charge of protection to death, and has already been sentenced to eight years in prison.