Saga man gets 18 years for strangling girlfriend in car

Tuesday 08th July, 09:50 AM JST

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dennis0bauer at 03:02 PM JST - 8th July

kill your own girlfriend to not pay a debt? Is this love?
TJrandom at 03:13 PM JST - 8th July

Astonishing is that it only took 8 months for the arrest, interrogation, trial and sentencing. Doubly astonishing is that they took video of at least a portion of the interrogation – long before it was suggested that the law be changed to require the practice.

Good on the system – a speedy trial and recorded statements.
GG2141 at 03:15 PM JST - 8th July

Good to see the interview video being used in court. It kinda adds an aspect of believability to the whole process.

Prior to that I didn't believe a damn thing the prosecutors said.
timorborder at 03:16 PM JST - 8th July

By Japanese standards, the speed of the legal process in this case was absolutely head-spinning. Getting out aged 41 is still too early though. They should lock up this clown until such time as he is no longer a threat to anybody.
Spidey at 07:00 PM JST - 8th July

Only 18 years for premeditated murder?!

J-police have absolutely no concept of logic or consistency whatsoever.

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knucklerap at 10:17 PM JST - 8th July

Only murder and not murder-robbery. Darn. Then it would have been, what, 18 years and a month? How about murder and late repayment of a debt? Just stick with 1st-degree murder and try to get life you lameos.

I'm sure many have seen a Japanese man mercilessly abusing a woman before. What would you do/did you do? I've seen some guy slapping up his woman late at night. I kept walking back and forth until they became aware that I was getting ready to pounce. My worry was, if I successfully knock him out, would she turn around and say I was the aggressor? Probably.
farhaan at 11:21 PM JST - 8th July

Why not death sentence which he deserves ?
kokuryu at 01:41 AM JST - 9th July

Wow, money holds a big part of this guy's soul here... That is absolutely nuts... All he had to do is say "sorry, cant pay you back" and walk away... There has to be something much more to this than anyone knows yet. It does not make sense.
KitsuneYoukai at 02:29 AM JST - 9th July

Sorry for the girl, but if I were her I would have let it go. Surely there were signs of a mental nature prior to all this. You never know how an ex is going to act female or male so it is best to forget baout any monetary or material items exchanged during the relationship. 18 years, he should have gotten life but I guess since it was not premeditary, I woudl suspect, that is all he got. He'll be out while he is still young enough to begin a new life unlike her who will have none.
borscht at 06:45 AM JST - 10th July

knucklerap,

My worry was, if I successfully knock him out, would she turn around and say I was the aggressor?

Most assuredly she would. Back in the US my policemen friends say the worst call they have to go on is domestic distrubance. The man can be beating the crap out of the woman but when the police stop him, the wife turns on the cops.

On topic, 18 years means this loser will be out at 41 or slightly before. In many societies this is young enough to start over; in Japan, bzzzz. Sorry, game over. He can't get an education, can't get a decent job, probably can't get a home loan from a bank. When he goes to the loan companies for rent money, well, he'll be in debt, heh heh, forever. Tough, eh?