US EditionMarine in Court Denies Sexually Assaulting Woman in Gym Restroom on Okinawa Base
The Marine admitted to injuring a second woman who intervened, while prosecutors presented DNA and security footage as evidence in the ongoing trial.
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U.S. Marine says has no memory of sexual assault at Okinawa base in trial
A U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa said Tuesday he could not recall any incident involving sexual assault and injury in a U.S. military base restroom in March, speaking at the first hearing of his trial at a Japanese district court.
The first hearing of a 28-year-old US Marine Corps private first class, accused of sexually assaulting a Japanese woman in a restroom at a US military base in the center of Okinawa Island and then strangling and injuring another woman who rushed to his aid, was held at the Naha District Court on the 18th (Judge Kazuhiko Obata presiding). The defendant completely denied the charges, saying he had "no recollection of the crime."
The first hearing of a U.S. soldier accused of sexually assaulting a woman and stomping on another woman's face in central Okinawa will be held at the Naha District Court on the 18th.
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