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High court upholds death sentence for double-murderer

Thursday, 28 February 2008

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SENDAI -- An appeal court on Thursday upheld a death sentence handed down by a lower court on a man charged with murdering two people, including a maid to collect life insurance benefits.

The Sendai High Court dismissed an appeal filed by Minoru Watanabe, 58, against the Fukushima District Court ruling.

"The defendant masterminded the crimes. He didn't give the slightest consideration to human life while only thinking about the money. He has not regretted his crimes," Presiding Judge Kiyoshi Kimura said as he handed down the ruling.

The defense counsel is poised to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.

Watanabe conspired with four accomplices to murder housemaid Miyoko Nakajima, 77, by crashing a car into her in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in June 2001, and defrauded a life insurer out of 2.29 million yen in benefits from a life insurance policy taken out on her, the court found.

He then conspired with another to murder Katsushige Unno, 63, a kimono dealer, in September 2001, abandoned his body on a mountain in Fukushima Prefecture, and used the victim's card to withdraw 680,000 yen from his account, according to the ruling.

During the trial, Watanabe admitted to murdering the victims but denied that he masterminded the crimes.

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