Japanese courts have ruled that a man with an artificial leg is still capable of violating a schoolgirl after all, after having previously quashed his conviction on the grounds that he had only one leg.
The case in question centres on a 27-year-old Fukuoka prefecture man accused of violating a 14-year-old schoolgirl in the back of his car one morning.
He was initially found guilty and given the 3.5 year prison sentence the prosecution requested.
He appealed the verdict, and the court quashed his conviction after having been persuaded by the defence’s arguments that he could not possibly have violated the girl as he had a prosthetic leg.
However, a judge subsequently threw out the ruling, saying they had not “adequately explored the issue of whether the accused was capable of assaulting the girl as she maintained, whilst wearing a prosthesis.”
The court then concluded that he could in fact have managed to assault her as she claimed, and reimposed the initial guilty verdict.
The defendant maintains that he “never violated her, and never got into the car with her.” The whole case is apparently based on the girl’s accusation.
The latter point in particular has aroused some scepticism online:
“Only on her testimony? Don’t they have any evidence? No body fluids or anything, just arguments over whether a one-legged man could physically violate her or not?”
“Just how incompetent are our police. To say nothing of the chance that this is a false accusation.”
“Don’t our police even use forensics? There should be some physical evidence in a case like this.”
“I can believe he violated her, but it’s hard to believe he forced her into the car.”
“In the morning and in his car. What the hell?”
“Sounds like enjo kousai.”
“Probably enjo. Her parents would have seen to it that became violation. She got in the car herself, after all.”
“He hires her and comes inside, she gets pregnant and her parents find out, she pretends she was raped, they get her to press charges.”
“What proof does she have that she wasn’t just whoring herself to him?”
“You can’t really tell what was going on from the scant details they’ve released. There should be bodily fluids or hair in the car or something. It’s pretty outrageous to convict someone solely on the basis of a schoolgirl’s testimony though.”
“If he were not disabled he would just have been convicted on the basis of her testimony without ever even making the news. Scary, it’s safest just to stay home.”
“They say Japan’s low sex attack rates are because nobody reports them, but I can’t help but think a huge number of them are false accusations of chikan activity and rapes. Any woman who takes issue with a guy after having sex with him consensually can just accuse him of violation.”
“For chikan convictions they go ahead without any evidence and solely on the accusation of the supposed victim. If you protest your innocence they brand you ‘unrepentant’ and give you an even harsher sentence.”
“All he has to do is hit her, strangle her, or menace her with a knife. It’s not like he has to threaten her with his leg.”
“A false leg is not going to effect his ability to attack her.”
“He could have violated her even with an artificial penis.”
“If there were any actual evidence against him something like this would not be coming up in a trial in the first place.”
“Stop pampering the disabled already.”
“Stop defending a rapist, you creeps!”
“3 years and 6 months does seem a bit light for actual violation.”
“What does he care. After he’s served his sentence he’ll be back on his benefits for life.”
“If he can’t manage an attack like that, what is he doing with a driving license…”
“A false leg wouldn’t fit in any case.”
the weird thing is that there weren’t any witness since it was at the back of the car.. it should’ve rocked, wouldn’t it? plus, aren’t there police on patrol that saw the whole thing(assuming that he made the arrest) last thing; semen sample. no one gives a s♥♥t about it now anyway since the girl just shout r♥♥e and the guy would prolly be convicted no matter his reason or how inconsistent the whole prosecution presents the case
perhaps he had an equivalent exchange?
I don’t support rapist or anything like that but the article makes me skeptical when no actual evidence such a hair follicles, clothing follicles, skin follicles or even body fluids were mentioned. When all that is mentioned is that the court decided solely on the word of the accusatory there is something wrong with the justice system. While the guy probably did it. I don’t like the way the Japanese court is half assing it.
Does he also use a cane?
Fools. Anyone with knowledge of psychology knows that witness accounts are deeply flawed. High stress situations cause individuals to overlook details. I am not ruling out the one-legged man’s role in the event, but I must preach to the choir by stating that the evidence is insufficient.