Judge cautions defendant to stop hamming at fake blindness trial

Thursday 06th November, 12:15 PM JST

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dennis0bauer at 03:05 PM JST - 6th November

Maybe he was cured by a Minister? "it is a mirical i can see again!"
BBLeo at 03:37 PM JST - 6th November

He is an excellent actor. He will be good for film festival. And now his justice festival judge locked him up. He will be good to join the police force, catching up all the crooks that are defrauding taxpayer’s money. How many more are around doing the same thing. Was it last year that people in Japan were using names from death to get pensions? What happened to the Agencies involved?
timorborder at 04:06 PM JST - 6th November

Poor theatrical performance - sounds just the guy for any of a number of programs on local TV.

PS The guy apparently turned up at court with his "guide dog." He gave himself away, however, when he jumped on a chair to avoid the dog xxxxx on his leg.
Altria at 04:15 PM JST - 6th November

He should have claimed he was cured by a fake healer.
elbudamexicano at 11:24 PM JST - 6th November

Well, well, well! I see said the blind man! Good for this judge! I hope it will really open up some eyes here in Japan to the fraud and corruption going on everyday!
temporaryVisa at 12:47 AM JST - 7th November

Instead of sending him to jail they should just blindfold him for four years.
soldave at 08:47 AM JST - 7th November

Stop hammering? Was he a carpenter or something?
techall at 10:08 AM JST - 7th November

Best Hammist Award
Spidey at 11:53 AM JST - 7th November

Mmmm....roasted ham...(drool...drool)

H.S.
shonanbb at 02:01 PM JST - 7th November

I think he should have been given away to a real blind person as a human seeing guide being, with a satellite collar to watch over him.
soldave at 03:38 PM JST - 7th November

techall - damn... missed that one!
Betting at 01:04 AM JST - 8th November

I think we should give the man an award, "Best blindist"!!
kjunluc2 at 01:21 AM JST - 8th November

Reminds me of the blind man standing one a corner waiting for a light change. His guide dog urinated on his leg. He pulled a treat out of his pocket and gave it to the dog. A man nearby saw this and asked why would he reward the dog for that.

"Reward him? I'm not rewarding him. I'm trying to find his nose so I can kick his ass."
wargalley20011 at 01:42 AM JST - 8th November

lol, there is different degrees of blindness. Since he was drawing welfare, he probably got a public defender. So He got what he paid for. Which was not much.
Good_Jorb at 01:51 AM JST - 8th November

I wonder if the "Blind" guy had one of those oversized plastic hammer and was hitting the public defender on the head with it for losing the case.