Police in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of taking upskirt videos of a high school girl.
Police said Shinya Ichida, an Osaka Probation Office employee, has admitted to the allegation and quoted him as saying he was tempted by the devil, Kyodo News reported.
The incident occurred at around 10:15 p.m. Friday in the underground shopping mall Metro Kobe that connects Shinkaichi and Kosoku Kobe stations. Police said Ichida stood behind the girl on an escalator and aimed his smartphone up her skirt.
Another man noticed what Ichida was doing, chased him and detained him until police could be called.
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Peter Neil
i wonder if someone can be their own probation officer?
TaiwanIsNotChina
Well that is a new one for Japan.
diagonalslip
quite a lot of instances lately, of members of the public apprehending miscreants of this sort: upskirt, groping, and like that. good to see (or read about anyway).....
Blacklabel
well it sure wasn’t Jesus who encourages this.
Tokyo Guy
I wonder if he used the actual phrase 魔が差す?
Hercolobus
No doubt about that. Hence the phrase “The Devil will pay the last one”.
Sven Asai
Yes, sure, the devil is in nice beautiful details. lol
WoodyLee
"" tempted by the devil ""
What devil is he talking about ??
Didn't know there is any around here ?
Must have got lost while on a tour, LOL
JerseyDevil
Taking upskirt videos:
Police said Shinya Ichida, an Osaka Probation Office employee, has admitted to the allegation and quoted him as saying he was tempted by the devil
Damn a JN Probation Law officer at that?
he was tempted by the devil, Lucifer himself or a worker devil, or his sex demo...n uh could you please give a description of YOUR devil encounter, inquiring minds would like to know
factchecker
Another day, another Japanese pervert. He'll be familiar with what's in store on probation after a stint in the slammer.
lordoflys
Devil here. He's right. I tempted him. Let him go.
falseflagsteve
I’ve mentioned multiple times that lately people appear to be doing wicked crimes as if thy are taken over by unknown dark forces. This is the first time I have read about one of the accused admitting it. We need the government to look into what is making this occur on a regular basis.
wallace
It's not news anymore.
Zaphod
"The devil"? That is a new one.
Mocheake
Perverts like this are giving regular guys a bad name. Kudos to the guy who stopped him.
aaronagstring
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”
The second greatest one was forcing pervs to take upskirt pics. The dirty scoundrels.
Jonathan Prin
Devil ?
He should have said his good God make him do it.
What an awful crime ! ...fortunately we are all here commenting to condemn it every week knowing no dark or white forces is in play but just that deep and old instinct of men.
Ah_so
The Devil tempted me to have another beer, but luckily not to take illegal photographs. Funny that.
Jonathan Prin
Love it when commenters here don’t grasp the obvious irony of my comment.