Sagamihara boy partially denies murder of parents: "My mother told me to kill her" (Kyodo News)

The eldest son (16), who was charged with murder and theft for stabbing his parents to death in February last year at their apartment in Minami Ward, Sagamihara City, admitted to killing his father at the first hearing of the lay judge trial held on the 4th at the Yokohama District Court (Judge Ryuhei Yoshii presiding), but said, "My mother told me to kill her, so I did."