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Man arrested for attempting to rob woman in her 80s at her Tokyo apartment

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Police in Tokyo have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to rob a woman in her 80s after he forced his way into her apartment.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:30 p.m. on Sept 13 at the woman’s apartment in Arakawa Ward, Fuji TV reported. Police said the suspect, Kazumu Matsuda, an assistant nurse, has admitted to the charge.

Police said Matsuda followed the woman to her apartment building and got into the elevator with her. He got off the elevator with her on the 8th floor and watched which apartment she went into.

Police said Matsuda then called the woman on the intercom and said her purse had fallen out of her bag. When she opened the door, he forced his way in, brandished a knife and demanded money. The woman cried out and ran into another room. Matsuda fled, empty-handed. 

Matsuda, who was identified after an analysis of surveillance camera footage taken in the building lobby, was quoted by police as saying he was short of money for cigarettes and other items and that he picked an elderly woman because he thought she wouldn’t resist.

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An eighty year old woman and he had a knife and ran away? He does know most fellow prisoners have full body tattoos…

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Being an assistant nurse makes the crime even worse, and this should be reflected in the sentence. Targeting an eldery person to rob with violence is bad enough, but an assistant nurse also knows this can cause the death of the victim even without meaning it because of their common health problems, this makes his responsibility much more serious.

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Hopefully he will spend the next coming years in prison. Such violent dangerous criminals have to be removed from the streets. The time where Japan was totally safe is now over, it is still crime-low, but surely not crime-free. As we see in this case even rooms located in a condominium on the 8th floor are not safe against robbery. Elderly people especially have to be careful. When opening the door to unknown people there should be always a door-chain between you and them to make it impossible for them to enter your rooms.

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He probably saw her as an easy target... venerable, and probably with cash as most elderly Japanese keep cash at home.

Again, as I have said before, times are hard for some, and will become harder for most going forward. Be careful of what you have, and prepare for the future.

In an ideal World.... the Government should do more, to support people without jobs - rather than simply discarding them off the unemployment statistics as they do after a few months. Retrain & Accommodate, help them find employment and rejoin Society, only lockup the ones who are deemed a real danger to the public, and even then, psychiatric support may help them readjust.

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