Hokkaido care facility employee arrested for Obscene Acts
“The allegation of arrest was allegedly touching the body of a high school girl, aged 16 in the city at a support facility for the disabled in Kita-ku, Tokyo, around July 13.”
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Hyogo Bar Association: DNA collection from intellectually disabled woman “illegal with no valid consent”
“The police station requested the woman voluntarily come to the station in May, and the woman visited the station with her mother. The clerk collected DNA from the woman’s mouth. The station claims that the collection was made with written consent. On the other hand, the woman said that she “did not agree” and that her mother did not approve. The station sent a document to the woman for allegedly damaging the property.”
Two men injured in separate stabbings in Yokohama; one suspect arrested
“Investigators said the suspect admitted to stabbing the public servant but has made nonsensical remarks in regard to a motive. The police will judge whether he can be held criminally responsible.”
Father arrested for attempted murder of 30-year-old disabled son
“According to police, the suspect, who works at a university, slashed his son in the neck with a knife at around 6:30 p.m. on Monday, while they were in a car parked on a vacant plot of land in Wakabayashi Ward.”
Man arrested for kidnapping girl with intellectual disability
“Kanagawa prefectural police said Thursday they have arrested a 29-year-old man of no fixed occupation on suspicion of kidnapping a 15-year-old intellectually disabled girl from a shopping mall.”
Sapporo City care worker arrested for killing disabled man: “I got upset as the man wouldn’t go to sleep”
Written with extracts from From NHK Jiji Press & The Mainichi July 22nd 2019 SAPPORO, Hokkaido – A 24-year-old ‘visiting’Continue Reading
Kyoto animation arson suspect with ‘unspecified mental health issues’ is apprehended, admits to attack using gasoline
“The suspect at the center of Japan’s worst mass killing in almost 20 years told police that his work was plagiarized and that he used gasoline to torch the renowned Kyoto Animation studio, killing 33 people.”
Suspended sentences for two men found guilty of causing the death of intellectually disabled man
“Two men were sentenced Tuesday to 12 months in prison each, suspended for three years, for professional negligence resulting in death, after a mentally disabled man died from heatstroke after being left in a welfare facility service vehicle for around six hours in 2017.”
Man arrested for confining intellectually disabled son says family was at ‘end of tether’
“A man temporarily arrested on suspicion of confining his eldest son, who has severe intellectual disabilities, has expressed mixed feelings about the incident in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun.”
33-year-old arrested over attack on Osaka Prefecture policeman
“According to the prefectural police, Iimori has received psychosomatic treatment and was issued a mental disorder certificate. The police will examine whether Iimori can be held criminally responsible.”
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