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A high court in Japan upheld on Nov. 9 a sentence of 5 years in prison given to a 40-year-old woman for starving her 5-year-old son to death in 2020 under a friend's influence.
FUKUOKA--The Fukuoka District Court on Sept. 21 handed down a 15-year prison sentence sought by prosecutors to Emiko Akahori, 49, over the starving death of her friend’s son.
A 49-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday after a Japanese court found that she had manipulated her friend to starve her 5-year-old son to death. Emiko Akahori psychologically controlled the friend, Rie Ikari, 40, with lies, according to the ruling by the Fukuoka District Court. Akahori…
FUKUOKA--In the opening of her trial, a woman accused of being in a domineering relationship denied any role in the starvation death of her friend’s 5-year-old son or bilking his mother out of her money.
FUKUOKA--A mother who allowed her 5-year-old son to starve to death while in a relationship with a domineering older woman was found guilty of abandoning her parental responsibilities and sentenced to five years in prison.