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Tokyo: The murder case of 87-year-old former Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamata (pictured) is coming up for a court retrial after 57 years.
Hakamata confessed to killing his employer, his wife and two teenage children in 1968. He was subsequently sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
எனினும், காவல்துறையினர் கொடுமைப்படுத்தியதால்தான் குற்றத்தை ஒப்புக்கொண்டதாக ஹக்காமாடா கூறிவந்தார்.
In 2014, a regional court ruled that his murder case should be re-investigated. However, the Tokyo High Court overruled the ruling. Japan’s Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that the High Court should review its decision. The High Court has since reversed its decision.
Hakamada is said to be the world’s longest serving man for murder.