Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 8, 2006 1:11:14 GMT -5
Man on death row for murdering elderly couple loses final appeal
Japan's top court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by a man over his
conviction for murdering an elderly couple and robbing them, finalizing
the death sentence lower courts handed down on him.
Lower court rulings found that Hisashi Eto, a 64-year-old unemployed man,
planned to rob a 67-year-old man, whom he came to know through karaoke
sessions, and his wife.
Eto strangled the couple at their home in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct.
30, 1997, and stole some 150,000 yen in cash from their home.
The next day, Eto drove the couple's bodies to the nearby city of
Kawachinagano and dumped them in old paddy fields.
(Source: Mainichi Shimbun)
Japan's top court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by a man over his
conviction for murdering an elderly couple and robbing them, finalizing
the death sentence lower courts handed down on him.
Lower court rulings found that Hisashi Eto, a 64-year-old unemployed man,
planned to rob a 67-year-old man, whom he came to know through karaoke
sessions, and his wife.
Eto strangled the couple at their home in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct.
30, 1997, and stole some 150,000 yen in cash from their home.
The next day, Eto drove the couple's bodies to the nearby city of
Kawachinagano and dumped them in old paddy fields.
(Source: Mainichi Shimbun)