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Police in Konosu, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 62-year-old man who received a suspended sentence for assaulting a woman, on suspicion of stalking the same woman.
According to police, Yukio Waida, a temp worker from Kazo in Saitama Prefecture, was arrested on April 23 for violation of the Anti-Stalking Law after he sat in his car for a long period of time outside the home of the parents of the woman who is in her 30s, Fuji TV reported. Waida was sent to prosecutors on Monday.
In January, Waida beat the woman in the face. He was convicted of assault by the Saitama District Court on April 10 and sentenced to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, and ordered to stay away from the woman.
Police said Waida, while he was in detention before his trial, had written about killing the woman and her relatives, in a notebook. Consequently, after he was given a suspended sentence, police increased their patrols around the woman’s family home.
Waida was quoted by police as saying he had romantic feelings for the woman and that he regretted assaulting her in January.
© Japan Today
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Pukey2
Another one of these 'eyes rolling' articles. Well done, Japanese authorities. Is he going to be let off again?
WilliB
Well, I hope the sentence is not suspended any more.
Random
Wonder what the judge’s justification was to suspend the sentence, especially after the written threats. The girl and her parents are lucky they weren’t assaulted, or worse.
Spitfire
Man,
Another creepy bar steward......a lot of them seem so anal about communicating with each other.
JerseyDevil
Her family needs to hire some yaks, to provide jungle justice.
fuzzylogic
he looks like, he's got faulty lightbulb:
https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/man-62-who-received-suspended-term-for-stalking-arrested-again-for-same-crime/
HonestDictator
But the payment may exceed the results. Either way, this man needs to be removed as far away as possible, behind bars is the best idea. It's blatantly obvious he ain't right in the noggin.
Mocheake
So now give him the original sentence plus the four years that it was suspended for and five more for this offense.
Mayunia82
Where "Hostage Justice" whe you need it? Lol. sarcasm
sir_bentley28
So let me get this straight......
......but.....
Yet another win for the Japanese justice system.
Luddite
He assaulted a woman, than wrote about killing her and her family and only received suspended sentences. This is crazy. Violence against individuals is not taken seriously here.
starpunk
Give it DOUBLE to this creep. don't let him off the hook this time!
Hunter James
The justice system in Japan has countless other similar cases where the outcome has been even worst! Even after threatening to kill her and her family members, this criminal was given a suspended sentence...pathetic justice system!
Mark
When the Hunter becomes the Hunted, The girl needs to start stalking this idiot, then he will back off, trust me.
macv
news like this enforces the Kipling expression never the twain shall meet