Police in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 21-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she stabbed her 19-year-old boyfriend multiple times.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 12:30 a.m. Saturday at the victim’s apartment, Kyodo News reported.
Police said a neighbor called 110 to report hearing loud voices and sounds like someone throwing things.
Police went to the apartment and found the victim on the floor, bleeding from knife wounds to his back and right shoulder. He was taken to hospital where doctors said his wounds were not life-threatening.
Police said the victim’s girlfriend, Mayu Hasegawa, has admitted stabbing him with a kitchen knife but denied intent to kill. She said she lost her temper while they were having an argument.
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Ken Holcomb
Sure, stabbing someone multiple times with a kitchen knife, (paring or butcher??), is clearly not intended to kill. Merely draw attention to the knife wielding crazy person's point if view.....
Are these claimed "non intent to kill" claims actually acceptable in court?
Ken Holcomb
..point of view.
Chico3
So that makes things better? I don't think so. She's quite the nutter. I'm glad everyone now knows her name.
Fighto!
10-15 years inside a cell at His Emperors Pleasure may hopefully sort this psycho woman out.
TokyoLiving
Jail for the lady..
Entuojo
Don't stick the chinpo in crazy.
Strangerland
Sure, stabbing someone multiple times with a kitchen knife, (paring or butcher??), is clearly not intended to kill. Merely draw attention to the knife wielding crazy person's point if view.....
Are these claimed "non intent to kill" claims actually acceptable in court?
So many foreigners don't realize how things work in Japan.
1. The police pick someone up
2. They interview the person
3. After the interview, the police summarize the details of the person's interview, using approved police terms, that are consistent between crimes and perpetrators. Terms such as 'The suspect has denied an attempt to kill'.
In actually, the interviewee probably said something along the lines of, 'I don't know what happened. I just suddenly realized I was sitting over their body holding the knife' or 'I was angry and pushed them down, they hit their head on the table, and then suddenly it was too late'. Both of these things would be reported by the police as 'the suspect denied an intent to kill'.
Strangerland
And yes, these claims are acceptable in court, as they are part of determining the difference between the Japanese equivalents of first degree murder, second degree murder, and manslaughter. Legally, intent matters.
This is the same as in other first-world countries.
Yohan
Why not? I think, they are acceptable and I find her to be violent but honest. They were living together and as a woman she could even claim easily he was attacking her and she was acting in self defense and insist that not he but she is the victim - but she did not.
She is merely a violent person, easily out of self control, but I am sure she did not want to kill him.
Police will also question the man soon, I wonder what he will say. I would not be surprised if they will continue to live together.