A 28-year-old lady has been discovered not responsible of murdering her rich 77-year-old husband who styled himself as a Japanese Don Juan.
Saki Sudo was charged after Kosuke Nozaki was discovered lifeless at his house in Tanabe Metropolis from a drug overdose in Might 2018.
Prosecutors accused her of marrying Mr Nozaki after which drugging him to inherit his fortune.
The younger widow denied homicide.
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Mr Nozaki’s house in Tanabe Metropolis the place he was discovered lifeless. Pic: The Yomiuri Shimbun /AP
Sudo was the one particular person with Mr Nozaki on the time he took the medication, prosecutors stated, arguing that it was unlikely he killed himself provided that he had deliberate a memorial service for his beloved pet canine and scheduled a physician’s appointment within the days after his dying.
Prosecutors additionally alleged Sudo had searched on-line for “perfect crime” and “stimulant drugs, lethal amount”.
Decide Keiko Fukushima, of the Wakayama District Courtroom, stated it was the primary time Mr Nozaki had used the stimulant and “it cannot be stated that there is no possibility he ingested a lethal amount by mistake”.
The ruling stated that neither the likelihood she would inherit Mr Nozaki’s fortune nor the net searches have been enough to presume intention to kill or that she was planning a homicide.
Mr Nozaki was president of a liquor gross sales firm and property enterprise. He had a private value of round 1.3 billion yen (£6.7m).
He gained notoriety for publishing an autobiography titled Don Juan of Kishu: The Man Who Gave 3 Billion Yen to 4,000 Stunning Ladies in 2016, likening himself to the legendary Spanish playboy. Kishu is a historic identify for the world he lived in.
Sudo is reportedly already serving a jail sentence of three years and 6 months for defrauding a person of 29.8 million yen (£153,800).
