The man who pushed Vietnamese students into a river in Japan was sentenced to 12 years in prison

On June 6, the first-instance trial of the case ended overseas student Vietnam was murdered in Osaka province in August 2021, the Dominican defendant was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Osaka Provincial Court.

According to the reporter VNA In Tokyo, at the trial starting on May 16, defendant Alberto, a Dominican nationality, denied the charge of murder with TTA victim, a Vietnamese student in Osaka, and said it was not intentional. murder, just “legitimate defense when the victim attacks first”.

However, the Osaka Prefectural Prosecutor’s Office presented clear evidence that the defendant intentionally attacked when the victim was completely unresisting and then pushed the exhausted victim into the river.

This was the main cause of the victim’s death later, and suggested an 18-year prison sentence for the accused.

During the hearing on June 6, after deliberation, the presiding judge concluded that although the defendant initially “legitimately defended”, then the defendant attacked the victim and refused to stop his action. vi even when the victim is no longer able to resist.

The defendant then deliberately pushed the victim into the river in a state of exhaustion. It was an act of violence that was more than necessary for self-defence, and a major cause of death.

On that basis, the Osaka Prefectural Court sentenced the defendant to 12 years in prison, lower than the sentence proposed by the prosecutor’s office.

The police received news that they were at the scene of the investigation

Previously, according to Tuoi Tre news, on August 2, 2021, suspect Alberto, 27 years old, Dominican nationality, without a job or permanent residence, beat TTA victim (21 years old – at the time). the case occurred), Vietnamese national student.

The victim was then kicked into the Dotonbori River (Namba area, Osaka) and died the same evening. Three days after the incident, the Osaka Prefectural Police arrested the perpetrator and prosecuted him for murder.

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According to Vietnamnet