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Man arrested for kicking pregnant woman in Sapporo

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Police in Sapporo have arrested a 51-year-old unemployed man for kicking the stomach of a pregnant woman in her 20s as she walked along a street in April.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 7:30 a.m. on April 13, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said the woman, who was seven months pregnant at the time, was holding hands with her daughter, 7, and son, 5, while walking in Chuo Ward. Kaneko, who was behind the woman, told her: “You’re in my way. Move it!” He then kicked her once in the stomach with his right foot after she told him she was pregnant.

Police said the woman did not suffer any serious injuries and her unborn child was not harmed.

Police said Kaneko has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying, “I kicked her because she mouthed off to me.”

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7 ( +10 / -3 )

Maximum custodial sentence for actual bodily harm. She was 7 months pregnant with 2 young children FFS.

27 ( +28 / -1 )

Its going to be pretty obvious she's pregnant at 7 months, so why could this piece of scum just move too one side and let her walk passed? what a nice chap ( not! )

10 ( +10 / -0 )

The "man" needs a good shoeing himself.

15 ( +16 / -1 )

I was coming out of a 711 and a of no fixed anything schizo-smegma kept staring at me. I'm asking myself do I need to fetch the keystones, but all he did was kept twitching his head back at me, like he was going to do something. Without fail I will see 3 a day in Trokyo.

8 ( +11 / -3 )

the problem is these miserable miscreants need to be put out their misery, and self inflict.

0 ( +6 / -6 )

They walk among us.

10 ( +10 / -0 )

Well said, everyone!

8 ( +9 / -1 )

Lowlife.

5 ( +5 / -0 )

Utter scum.

4 ( +5 / -1 )

Police said Kaneko has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying, “I kicked her because she mouthed off to me.”

What a scumbag. Hope somebody gives him a good kick.

4 ( +6 / -2 )

A curbstomping is in order.

0 ( +5 / -5 )

Lock him up... preferably in a place where the inmates think he's in their way, and that he mouthed off to them... and please don't stop them at one kick. Honestly, I do NOT see him getting any prison time for this here, but I wish he would.

2 ( +5 / -3 )

Dang good thing I didn't see him do it...

-1 ( +1 / -2 )

To me this smacks of a mental health issue. A homeless man in Sapporo kicking this woman, especially in her condition. Guys, I see that you all want to lock him up or give him a good thrashing...all of these options are gut-response. There are very few options for the mentally ill in this country. He needs help. Or, if he is just a lazy, no-good drifter then he needs a good thrashing and then locked up.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

What a creep!

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Absolute scum of the earth. I hope this sub-human psychopath spends the rest of his miserable days locked away alone.

I am just glad the mother and baby were somehow unharmed.

-2 ( +1 / -3 )

Animal deserves a good beating!

-1 ( +2 / -3 )

How much do you want to bet the charges will be dropped?

6 ( +7 / -1 )

boy this article got me fuming. Life. Someone who is willing to kick a pregnant woman should NEVER be let out of jail. NEVER!!!

1 ( +2 / -1 )

While what he did is reprehensible, it is more than likely he has undiagnosed mental health problems. We know how cold this society is for people who fall outside the narrow defonition of what passes for "normal" here, and by the time you're in your 50s, well, a lifetime of that treatment, can mean someone's heart going to a very dark place.

-1 ( +0 / -1 )

“I kicked her because she mouthed off to me.”

Here's how karma will get back to him! He will be sent to prison where if he "mouths off" to the prison officers, he would get in trouble. Clearly this rumphole is still living in the 1950s where a woman can't defend herself. If I were her husband and he did that to my wife.........you lot would be reading about me on this site today.

1 ( +2 / -1 )

 “I kicked her because she mouthed off to me.”

No! He kicked her because a psycho bully. He’s from the generation that have no respect for women or anybody else for, that matter.

2 ( +3 / -1 )

If I were her husband and he did that to my wife.........you lot would be reading about me on this site today.

mate, even if she wasn't my wife and I saw that, I'd be on the news.

3 ( +4 / -1 )

If I were her husband and he did that to my wife.........you lot would be reading about me on this site today.

You said my mind.

4 ( +5 / -1 )

Bite the curb

2 ( +3 / -1 )

Piece of garbage. Who cares about jail time, Civil suit and make sure he's paying for the next 30 years for his stupidity.

3 ( +4 / -1 )

He should be charged with attempted murder seeing as he kicked her after she told him she was pregnant.

Could've easily killed the baby.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

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