Defendant Nicolas Cepeda
[Bouzoul Kyodo]In 2016, Aimi Kurosaki, a student at the University of Tsukuba who was studying in Besançon in eastern France, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 28 years in prison in a first-instance decision. A court in Bouzoul, eastern France, has decided to postpone the appeal trial of Chilean defendant Nicolás Cepeda, 32, who has been with his ex-girlfriend. No timetable for reopening was given. At least a few months later.
Like the first trial, the appeal trial, which was scheduled to be held every day with a jury system, began on the 21st, but the court revealed that the defendant was notified by the defense attorney appointed following the first trial that he had been dismissed just before the first trial. was temporarily adjourned.
