Sentenced to 17 years in prison for murder.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

Nepali defendant sentenced to 17 years in prison for murder.

Defendant Asariya Bisho Raj, 39, a Nepali resident of Isesaki City, was charged with murder for stabbing and killing Basnet Adhikari Lakshmi Kumari, 42, a Nepali wife of an acquaintance who lived in an apartment in Isesaki City, with a knife in November of last year.

In his ruling on the 29th, Presiding Judge Hashimoto of the Maebashi District Court pointed out that "he was unable to borrow a car from the victim's husband, and then went to the apartment where the incident occurred and killed the victim, who was alone in the room."

The Maebashi District Court handed down a sentence of 17 years in prison, saying, "It is extremely unreasonable to take the life of a victim who has done nothing wrong."