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Three years ago, in the case where the bodies of nine young women were found in an apartment in Zama city, Kanagawa prefecture, the first trial of a 29-year-old defendant charged with robbery and murder was the Tokyo District Court. . It started around 1:30 pm at the Tachikawa branch.
Admission of the accused
Takahiro Shiraishi (29) has entered the courtroom.
Her hair was pulled down to her shoulders and she wore long blue sleeves.
He wore glasses and a white mask, and from time to time he looked up at the ceiling, and his expression seemed calm.
Personal questioning
In response, the defendant replied in a clear voice: “I am Takahiro Shiraishi”, and replied that he was “unemployed” in terms of occupation.
Admission of guilt of the accused
Defendant Shiraishi stated that the content of the accusation was “in agreement with the accusation” and admitted the murder.
Guilty claim of the lawyer that the consent of the victim was obtained
He also argued that the victim had agreed to be killed, but that it was only a crime of consensual homicide.
The opening statement begins
The prosecutor described the circumstances of the discovery and the circumstances of the crime, saying: “The defendant strangled the woman, fainted her, sexually assaulted her and hanged himself with a rope.”
The prosecutor commented on the circumstances leading up to the incident, saying: “I thought it would be easy for a woman with the desire to commit suicide, so I opened a Twitter account in March 2017. I pretended to have the desire to commit suicide and exchanged messages with several women. I started. “