Two Nagoya Prison guards who were convicted of causing an inmate's death in 2001 by spraying a firehose into his rectum filed for a retrial Friday against their verdicts, which drew suspended sentences, claiming they have new evidence, their lawyers said Friday.
Former guards Mikio Otomaru, 55, and Masahiro Takami, 51, will file the plea with the Nagoya High Court possibly Wednesday, the lawyers said.
The two were convicted of spraying water into the inmate's rectum in December 2001. The man suffered severe injuries to his rectum and died of bacterial shock shortly afterward, the Nagoya High Court ruled in 2008. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court's ruling last June, and the pair were formally fired. (Japan Times)
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