In the Hokkaido high school girl murder case, defendant Uchida refused to take oath and left court four minutes after the trial began... without even making eye contact with his "younger" sister

[Yomiuri Shimbun] A lay judge trial for a woman (20) accused of murder and confinement for allegedly pushing a high school girl (17 years old at the time) from Rumoi City, Hokkaido, off the Kamui Ohashi Bridge in Asahikawa City, and killing her, was held on the 3rd at the Asahikawa District Court, with her friend, Riko Uchida (22) (charged with murder and other charges) indicted.