Daisuke Mori

Wrapping up 32 months of proceedings, the Sendai District Court ruled that Daisuke Mori, 32, had intent to kill and was the only one capable of administrating the intravenous doses at the times of the crimes.

Mori was convicted of killing Yukiko Shimoyama, 89, and trying to murder four other patients, including a 1-year-old girl, in separate incidents at Hokuryo Clinic in 2000. Another of the four, a girl aged 11 at the time, remains unconscious.

Mori immediately filed an appeal. He had pleaded not guilty, insisting the charges against him had been fabricated by police.

The Japan Times Weekly: April 10, 2004
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