On February 3, the Osaka Court (Western Japan) sentenced the defendant Toshiie Yamaguchi life in prison for causing her death Vo Thi Le Q. in April 2022.
According to the indictment, Ms. Q, born in 1991, Vietnamese nationality, is a part-time employee working on the first floor of a lunch box restaurant in Yodogawa district of Osaka city.
After receiving a missing report from Ms. Q’s family on April 3, 2022, the local police discovered that Yamaguchi was a person living on the 2nd floor of the building in an unconscious state with wounds. stabbed in the neck.
One day later, Ms. Q’s body was discovered and the autopsy results showed that Ms. Q had been murdered.
After recovering, suspect Yamaguchi told the police that he had previously made an appointment to meet Ms. Q to borrow money but was refused. Therefore, the suspect murdered Ms. Q and then stole 26,000 yen in cash (regarding 200 USD), then hide body victim.
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Although at the trial, defendant Yamaguchi firmly denied the charge of the crime kill people steal property But Presiding Judge Ayako Nakagawa said: “From the images recorded by the surrounding security cameras, it is clear that the accused led the victim to his room to commit the act of robbery. Until the victim resisted fiercely, he killed the victim.”
Chairman Nakagawa concluded his behavior was selfish and despicable, just for the sake of wanting money, shattered an innocent woman’s dream of a bright future and said that his punishment was for him. is completely appropriate.
After the court handed down the sentence, Ms. Q’s family, who is her husband and brother, said she was satisfied with the harsh sentence imposed on the accused, which also partly eased the family’s pain.
Pham Tuan (VNA/Vietnam+)