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| Light My Fire Update |
| 2003-08-18 |
| A Tokyo District Court judge handed Kimiko Kishiguchi a suspended two-year prison sentence Friday for attempting to set a former Yokota Air Base captain on fire last year. Well, she did only "try". Judge Takeshi Kimura found Kishiguchi â a 27-year-old menâs club hostess â guilty of dousing Capt. Samuel A. Pupich, who is now assigned to a U.S. base, with a gasoline-kerosene mixture outside Fussa train station June 25, 2002. According to police reports, Kishiguchi and Nanae In, a 33-year-old South Korean woman whom Pupich had met at a Tokyo bar, were at the station, where Pupich was to pick up In. When In opened the door to Pupichâs car, Kishiguchi doused the captain with fuel and tried to ignite it. In fled the scene and Pupich sped away, unharmed. Iâve spent so much time at this train station, I can picture the scene in my mind. Car parked at the crub, the door opens, and instead of his little honey pot jumping in, our horny captain gets a lap full of gasoline. Then speeding around the traffic circle praying "No sparks, please, no sparks!". Fussa police arrested Kishiguchi and In in January and charged them with suspicion of attempted murder. Prosecutors reduced the charges on Kishiguchi from attempted murder to âthreatsâ and released In in January â with a caveat she remains under investigation and could still face legal proceedings. Kishiguchi admitted to the accusations, but claimed In controlled her mind. Claimed that torching the captain would enable her to take his "power", or something like that. In his ruling, Kimura said Kishiguchi received the two-year sentence because the crime was premeditated and extremely dangerous. âOn the other hand, Kishiguchi regretted her act deeply and wrote a letter of apology to the victim and her mother promised that she will watch and oversee her daughter strictly,â the judge said. âTaking those things into consideration, I attach a stay of execution of three years.â A letter of apology is a "get out of jail free card" in Japan. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 She got off because it was obvious that he deserved it. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Pupich 2003-8-18 2:25:58 PM |