Defendant in Osaka schoolchildren car attack refuses to speak at trial opening
Yuki Yazawa, 30, told the Osaka District Court he will keep silent so his words cannot harm the injured children, and that he does not seek a lighter sentence.
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Defendant in Osaka schoolchildren hit-and-run case stays silent at first hearing
A 30-year-old man accused of attempted murder over a car attack on seven children walking home in Nishinari Ward declined to speak at his first trial session.
Man accused of driving into 7 schoolchildren tells Osaka court he will not seek leniency
Yuki Yazawa, 30, did not enter a plea at the first hearing of his attempted-murder trial over the 2025 incident in Nishinari, telling the court he would remain silent and wanted no reduction in sentence.
Appeal closes in retrial of ex-nursery teacher over toddler's throat slashing; ruling set for Dec. 3
A former nursery teacher sentenced to 10 years for slashing a 2-year-old boy's neck with a utility knife told the Fukuoka High Court's Miyazaki branch she had done something an apology could not cover.
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