JSDF Officer Fined ¥500,000 for Shoplifting.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".
By "Isesaki FM" AI.

The sentencing hearing for defendant Hirano, 44, of the 12th Brigade Command, Somahara Garrison, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, who was charged with theft for shoplifting from a drugstore in Shinto Village, was held at Maebashi District Court on the 1st.
The judge stated that "it was heinous to pass through the self-checkout without paying and to shoplift twice," and handed down a guilty sentence of a fine of 500,000 yen, as requested.
In his reasons for the verdict, the judge also stated that in response to the defense's explanation that "it was an unintentional act because he forgot to pay," that "the intent is very strongly inferred," pointing out that the defendant had previously tried to take out items and had been warned about it.