The Tsu District Court in Mie Prefecture has sentenced a 43-year-old man to five years in prison for fatally assaulting his 66-year-old mother in May last year after he assumed she entered his room without permission while he was out.
According to the court ruling, Yoshihiro Fujita hit his mother Misako multiple times in the chest, stomach and head with the handle of a rake at their home in Tsu, NTV reported. The victim died from a pulmonary contusion caused by broken bones.
Prosecutors said that Fujita repeatedly assaulted his mother from around 2016 when they started living together, and she had multiple fractures at the time of her death.
Fujita’s defense team argued that his criminal responsibility was low because he had been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder during a psychiatric evaluation.
© Japan Today
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Garthgoyle
So in five years, maybe less if he bows low enough, he'll be out, free and ready take on the next victim who gives him a bad look or displeases him in any way.
YeahRight
Five years for matricide is not enough. At least until he's as old as his mother was when he killed her, though life without parole would be even more appropriate. At least the sentence wasn't suspended as so often happens.
Fighto!
Only five years for brutally killing the person who did absolutely everything for this violent creep for 43 years?
Despicable. I hope he expires in prison.
Rest in Peace to the poor mother.
Mr Kipling
Anyone with a mental disability that prevents them from realizing that hitting their mother with a stick hard enough to kill her should not living in society in the first place. He should be placed in a secure mental health unit. Or executed, I should hardly think anyone would miss him.
Mocheake
This POS had been abusing for almost a decade the woman who gave birth to him and he gets a max sentence of only five years! What a travesty!
falseflagsteve
5 years, 5! Can you believe it! Well, we appear to be heading to this strange world the West has seen for a while where dangerous and violent monsters can get vastly reduced prison terms due to being on the spectrum as they say.
ILoveDownvotes
I wasn't aware autism would cause anyone to be considered "mentally unfit" in a court. Never met an autistic person who would pose a threat, generally .
smithinjapan
Good old Japanese justice system at work! So, the excuse this time is the guy can't be held fully responsible for his actions because he has a level of autism?? Fine, then when he is released after a mere five years for MURDER, lock him up in a home for the disabled. Or is the judge going to find him another family member who will put up with him for the rest of his life (or until they are murdered) since he killed the person who has been taking care of him until now?
purple_depressed_bacon
5 years for murdering his mother whose body bore signs of long term physical abuse by this cretin is an absolute disgrace. Was he declared mentally incompetent to stand trial? No. Thus, his disability did not hinder his awareness and knowledge that murder is a crime and he should have been locked away for good. The Japanese justice system is a joke.