Japanese court rejects appeal, life sentence for Nhat Linh’s killer

Defendant Yasumasa Shibuya – Photo: TOKYO NEWS

The reason for the appeal that the lawyer gave was that the DNA sample used to convict the subject was collected “illegally”.

However, Judge Takuya Fukayama and four other judges all agreed that the content of the appeal of the defense lawyer for defendant Yasumasa Shibuya was groundless and upheld the life sentence.

Previously, at the first instance trial on July 6, 2018, the chief judge of the Chiba Prefectural Court sentenced Shibuya to life in prison for murdering a child. Update spirituality.

The basis for this ruling was that the defendant’s DNA was found on the victim’s body and the bloodstain found on the perpetrator’s car contained the victim’s DNA.

At that time, Nhat Linh’s relatives did not agree with the sentence and asked for a stricter sentence for the accused, but the prosecutor’s office rejected this appeal.

Next, at the trial on March 23, 2021, the Tokyo High Court rejected the argument of the defense lawyer for defendant Shibuya that it is necessary to remove the DNA evidence used to convict the subject because they were collected “illegally”.

The presiding judge of the trial at that time affirmed that this was not so serious that the test results had to be removed from the basis of accusing the defendant.