Yakuza Acquitted of 2013 Murder of Gyoza No Ohsho Restaurant Chain Head
Prosecutors relied on circumstantial evidence, including DNA from a cigarette butt and security footage, but the court said it could not rule out planting.
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The District Court of Kyoto acquitted a 59-year-old member of the criminal syndicate "Kudo-kai", Yukio Tanaka, who had been charged with the murder of the president of the restaurant network, Gyoza no Ohsho Takayuki Ohigashi, in 2013; the Public Prosecutor's Office requested that the defendant be sentenced to life imprisonment on the basis of circumstantial evidence, but the court found that the evidence was insufficient, written by Kyodo News. …
Yukio Tanaka (5), a high-ranking member of a gang affiliated with the designated dangerous organized crime group Kudo-kai, is charged with murder and violating the Firearms and Swords Control Law for shooting and killing Takayuki Daito (72 at the time), the president of Ohsho Food Service, which operates "Gyoza no Ohsho," with a handgun in 2013...
[Cable News] The president of the Japanese restaurant chain "Gyoza no Osho" was shot and murdered 13 years ago; the high-ranking yakuza member accused of murder has been acquitted. The 59-year-old defendant, who has been remanded in custody for four years, is still at large.
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