A man under indictment for murdering a woman and mutilating her body at his Tokyo apartment last year has pleaded guilty to the charges saying he intended to make her his sex slave.
“There is nothing wrong with the charges against me. They are all correct,” said Takanori Hoshijima, 34, a former temporary worker, as he entered his plea during his first hearing at the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday 13th January.
Since his defense counsel will not argue about his ability to be held responsible for his crime, the focal point at issue during his trial is whether there is room for leniency.
During the hearing, Hoshijima told the court that he suffered serious burns to both of the legs in his childhood.
“I’ve given up any hope to date a woman because I feared that they would feel sick (when they saw me),” he said when describing his motives behind the abduction of the victim, 23-year-old Rurika Tojo.
“I thought nobody would like my burns. I wanted to make a woman my sex slave and obedient pet,” he said in a small voice in response to a question by a prosecutor.
Hoshijima broke into Tojo’s apartment in Koto-ku, which was on the same floor as his room, immediately after she came home on April 18, 2008, to abduct her, according to prosecutors. He then allegedly threatened her with a kitchen knife and forced her into his apartment.
He unsuccessfully attempted to rape her in his room. After a police officer came searching for the woman, he decided to kill her in a bid to cover up his crime.
According to the written indictment, Hoshijima forced Tojo into his apartment with the aim of sexually assaulting her on the night of April 18 and stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife. Between April 19 and May 1, he allegedly mutilated the body with a saw and other tools, flushed some of them down the toilet and dumped others of them in the apartment’s garbage space.
Fragments of Tojo’s bones were found in nearby sewer lines. Police checked Hoshijima’s apartment on April 19, but could not find Tojo.
Hoshijima was first arrested in May on suspicion of breaking into Tojo’s apartment after his fingerprints were detected there.
His defense lawyer said his murder was not premeditated, noting that he had only intended to sexually assault her. The lawyer also claimed that he deeply regrets his crime, adding that he unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide in his detention cell.
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