In the Assault Death of a University Student in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, the Man Considered the Ringleader Admitted to the Charges at the First Trial, Saying, "I Did Something Truly horrible."

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] The first hearing in the lay judge trial of a 19-year-old man and a 19-year-old boy, who are considered to be the ringleaders in a case in which a group of men assaulted and killed Tomoya Hase (then 20 years old), a university student from Chitose City, in Ebetsu City, Hokkaido in 2024, was held on the 13th at the Sapporo District Court (Presiding Judge Masayuki Takasugi).