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'Twitter killer' receives death sentence for 9 murders in Japan

by French Press Agency - AFP

TOKYO Dec 15, 2020 - 10:36 am GMT+3
This court sketch by Masato Yamashita shows the "Twitter killer," Takahiro Shiraishi (L), at the first trial at Tokyo District Court Tachikawa Branch in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Sept. 30, 2020. (Photo by Masato Yamashita via AFP)
This court sketch by Masato Yamashita shows the "Twitter killer," Takahiro Shiraishi (L), at the first trial at Tokyo District Court Tachikawa Branch in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Sept. 30, 2020. (Photo by Masato Yamashita via AFP)
by French Press Agency - AFP Dec 15, 2020 10:36 am
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A man in Japan dubbed the "Twitter killer" was handed a death sentence by a court in Tokyo on Tuesday for murdering and dismembering nine people he met online.

Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing and butchering his young victims – all but one of whom were women – who he met on the social media platform.

His lawyers had argued he should receive a prison sentence because his victims, between the ages of 15 and 26, expressed suicidal thoughts on social media and so had consented to death.

But on Tuesday "the death sentence was handed down" to Shiraishi, a court official told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"None of the nine victims consented to be killed, including silent consent," the judge said, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK.

"It is extremely grave that the lives of nine young people were taken away. The dignity of the victims was trampled upon," the judge reportedly added.

NHK said 435 people turned up to watch the verdict, even though the court only had 16 seats available for the public.

Shiraishi used Twitter to contact users who posted about taking their own lives, telling them he could help them in their plans – or even die alongside them.

The father of one 25-year-old victim said in court last month that he "will never forgive Shiraishi even if he dies," NHK reported at the time.

"Even now, when I see a woman of my daughter's age, I mistake her for my daughter. This pain will never go away. Give her back to me!" he said.

Japan is one of few developed nations to retain the death penalty, and public support for it remains high.

Years usually pass between sentencing and execution, and the last execution was in December 2019, when a Chinese man was hanged for the murder of a family of four.

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