Police in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested an unemployed 30-year-old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy in a toilet for disabled people at a shopping center.
According to police, the incident occurred on June 10. Police said the suspect, Satoshi Watanabe, met the boy, who had wandered away from his family, and took him into the toilet, Fuji TV reported. Watanabe has denied the charge, police said.
Later that day, the boy told his mother what had happened and she contacted police.
Police said surveillance camera footage in the shopping center shows Watanabe and the boy walking together toward the toilets.
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Strangerland
At nine years old? They already can walk to and from school by themselves at that age. At a mall, a nine year old kid walking around by themself is not a strange thing at all.
Vince Black
Castration. Imprisonment. 24/7 monitoring for the rest of his pathetic meaningless life. The only real punishment for these scumbags
Chip Star
The perpetrator is disgusting.
Keep an eye on your children.
Luddite
These sort of crimes should give a mandatory life sentence.
Serrano
"sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy"
I'm sorry, I just can't understand why anyone would do this unless they were just completely insane.
"Police said surveillance camera footage in the shopping center shows Watanabe and the boy walking together toward the toilets."
Thank goodness for the surveillance camera, otherwise the guy probably would never have been caught.
thepersoniamnow
Serrano
Insane??? The man is not insane, he is an evil predator.
A painful punishment combined with execution is the correct response.
juminRhee
If you execute them, they will have an incentive to kill their victims. Dead kids can't talk.
Pukey2
That poor boy.
miyakojimadan
I'm very sorry this happened to the child. The man is sick and should be imprisoned. Now, the next question in my mind is... how as a parent, does your child wander away without you knowing it? If the boy told his mother later in the day, it means the child wandered away, was molested, and then came back without the mother/father knowing?