15-year-old Japanese junior high school student Kiyo Wada was hit and killed while crossing the road. (Picture/Screen flip)
Kiyoshi Wada, a 15-year-old junior high school student in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, was hit and killed by 49-year-old driver Tamasa Ikeda on a pedestrian crossing in 2015. His family was dissatisfied that Ikeda was sentenced to 3 years in prison for violating the “driving a powered vehicle causing death or injury” and suspended for 2 years. Evidence was collected and multiple charges were filed, kicking off a seven-year lawsuit.
According to the “Fuji News Network” report, after the first-instance verdict, Wada Kiyoshi’s parents collected evidence on their own and filed a second-instance trial on the grounds that they were driving Ikeda at speed and made unauthorized modifications, but they were rejected. In 2018, the two were dissatisfied with the prosecutor’s refusal to prosecute Ikeda for a hit-and-run accident, and once again searched for evidence on their own and asked the prosecutor to prosecute. In January 2022, the prosecutor rushed to prosecute a hit-and-run accident before the statute of limitations.
Hotan’s 50-year-old father emphasized that if the driver had not left the scene, his son might have been saved, and did not want a similar tragedy to happen again. The 51-year-old mother revealed that she has been unable to give the perpetrators due punishment for seven years, which made her feel very difficult, “If I would have hated everything if I didn’t prosecute the hit-and-run, and now I feel like my life has been extended a little bit longer.”
The prosecutor alleged that after the car accident, Ikeda knew that shoes were left at the scene, but did not call the police 6 minutes after the incident. Before calling the police, he went to the supermarket to buy breath-suppressing items in order to cover up drunk driving. His confession after the case was unclear. , and never apologized to Hotan’s parents.
In response, Ikeda insisted that he only saw Wada Kiyoshi after returning to the scene. He even claimed that he “saved” the victim and that returning to the scene did not constitute a hit-and-run. However, he admitted that he went to the supermarket to cover up his drunk driving. Ikeda’s lawyer even argued that the same case should not be tried again and that this trial should be terminated.
This case was called the “unprecedented third verdict” by the Japanese media. In addition to the insistence of the Wada couple, Ikeda filed an appeal after the first-instance judge found that he “failed to provide rescue duty” and had to serve 6 months in prison for “hit and run”. Winning; the Tokyo High Court judge held that Ikeda took just over a minute to call for help immediately after coming out of the supermarket, which was “compatible” with avoiding being discovered for drunk driving and did not constitute a hit-and-run.
The Wada couple denounced the second-instance judge for “completely ignoring the protection of the victim’s body and life” and “why our thoughts could not be conveyed to the judge.” Wada’s mother even said: “I am sorry that my son was born in such a country.” In response to the case, the Supreme Court The court is expected to reopen on July 5 and the verdict will be announced on November 29.
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2024-03-08 14:56:03
