Court Starts Hearings to Decide Sentence for KyoAni Attack Suspect
A Japanese court started on Monday hearings to determine a sentence for a man accused of the July 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio, which killed more than 30 people.
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Prosecutors Claim KyoAni Attacker Can Be Held Fully Responsible
Public prosecutors on Monday reiterated that a man accused of conducting an arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019 was competent to be held fully responsible for the incident that left 36 people dead and 32 others injured. The prosecutors said that the crime could be attributed to Aoba’s personality and that it was not possible to say that he had a limited capability to take responsibility.
Delusion Led Accused to Attack KyoAni, Psychiatrist Testifies
Takayuki Okada, professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University’s Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, testified at the 14th hearing in the trial of defendant Shinji Aoba, 45, at Kyoto District Court. As requested by the defense, Okada has conducted the second psychiatric evaluation on Aoba, after he was indicted.
Paranoia Had Little Influence in KyoAni Arson Attack, Psychiatrist Testifies
A man accused of carrying out a deadly arson attack at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019 had paranoid personality disorder, but the disorder had almost no influence in the attack, a psychiatrist said Monday.
KyoAni Arson Suspect Learned from 2001 Attack
During questioning in the sixth hearing at Kyoto District Court, Shinji Aoba, 45, facing murder and other charges, said he learned from the arson attack against a branch of consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp., which went bust later, in the city of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture in 2001.
Questioning of KyoAni Arson Defendant Begins
Explaining his state of mind just after the incident, Shinji Aoba, 45, facing murder and other charges, told the third hearing that he thought the police officers who came to apprehend him were public security department members because they arrived very quickly in response to the fire.
“I now think that I went too far” Suspect in 2019 KyoAni Arson Attack Admits Charges
A man accused of carrying out a deadly arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio four years ago admitted the charges in the indictment, in the first hearing of his trial at Kyoto District Court on Tuesday.
“I didn’t imagine that so many people would lose their lives, and I now think that I went too far,” Shinji Aoba, 45, said at the outset of the lay judge trial, admitting that he carried out the attack.
Trial Starts Over 2019 KyoAni Arson Attack
The focus is what Shinji Aoba, 45, accused of murder and attempted murder, will have to say about his motive for Japan’s worst arson incident since the 1989 start of the Heisei period in terms of the number of victims.
Kyoto Animation memorial marks 4 yrs since attack as trial looms
The accused underwent six months of psychiatric examinations before prosecutors decided in December 2020 that he could be held criminally responsible. A separate evaluation requested by Aoba’s lawyers has also been concluded.
KyoAni Arson Victims Remembered 3 Years On
A memorial ceremony was held on Monday to remember the 36 victims of the July 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation Co.’s No. 1 studio in the western Japan city of Kyoto, marking the third anniversary of the tragedy.
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