Elderly Woman Arrested for Stealing $3 Curd Bean Sauce Held for 82 Hours: Outrage on Social Media

A woman, 74, was arrested for more than 80 hours because she was accused of stealing a box of curd bean sauce worth about 300 yen. (image online)

A 74-year-old woman in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, was accused of stealing a box of bean curd sushi worth just about 300 yen (about HK$15.08) from a supermarket in the middle of this month. arrested by the local police and held for 80 years After many hours, the police proved that the woman was innocent and released her, and the prosecutor’s office decided not to go​​​​ his accusation.

The woman was accused of stealing a box of tofu skin sushi worth only about 300 yen from a supermarket in Omihahaman City, Shiga Prefecture on the 13th of this month. Although the woman has always denied it, saying that a friend bought it for her, the police could not find the relevant person in custody for 82 hours. In court on Monday (23rd), the prosecutor said: “We must think about the decision to detain an innocent woman, and further efforts must be made in the future to properly investigate.”

Netizens questioned whether the detention period was too long

A Japanese magazine investigated the cause of the accident and confirmed that the woman was arrested around 11am on the 13th and released around 9:30pm on the 16th. Many people on the Internet criticized: “Accidental arrest is sometimes inevitable, but three days of detention is too long, and it’s just a box of beancurd sushi.” Some netizens said: “It’s terrible, this went to be arrested at the scene of a robbery “Will it take so long to check the inventory?” Some also asked, “As long as you find the acquaintance, you will understand. Will it take that long?”

The woman was innocently detained for 82 hours. (News photos)

The magazine called the relevant police station and asked the deputy commissioner for information. When asked why he could not check the CCTV for confirmation, the deputy director explained that he could not check before the person was arrested, he also said that a large guard -the person who accused the person who was arrested for theft was a shopkeeper, so the police believed the guard’s testimony. The police also pointed out that the woman who was arrested at the scene did not say that she was from an acquaintance, and did not mention it until she made a statement at the police station, and as that the “expert” could not find immediately. The woman also did not know the name and exact address of this “acquaintance”, so they searched the town for a while before it was confirmed.

Police admit it will take time to find witnesses

However, the police said they later checked the CCTV and confirmed that another man was with the woman in the store membership card shop. However, the police did not contact the man until the 16th. Regarding the inventory, the store has made an account and confirmed that there are no errors in sales figures and inventory. The police admitted that there is a delay in this regard. The police department said it sincerely apologized to the woman who was mistakenly arrested after the incident and would take steps to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

A Japanese lawyer pointed out that the woman can receive compensation from the Japanese police according to the legal contract for compensation with the suspect.

The original article was published on AM730