Okura Osamu
Ex-gangster abandons appeal: death sentence finalized.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 16:37 EDT
TOKYO — The death sentence given to a former gangster for two murders has been finalized after he withdrew an appeal, legal sources said Wednesday.
Hidenori Ogata was found guilty at the Saitama District Court in April of killing a 28-year-old man in August 2003 in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, over trouble involving a personal relationship. He was also convicted of abducting three women and killing one of them, a 21-year-old witness of his initial crime, while seriously injuring the other two. (Kyodo News)
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