Mother of Abused 6-Year-Old Girl Makes Astonishing Claims in Court

The defendant is also complicit.”

On August 20, the first trial was held in Okayama District Court in the case of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly abused and killed by her mother and her boyfriend. The prosecution made its case against the mother, Aya Nishida (36), who is accused of arrest, confinement, and coercion, as follows.

According to the indictment, Nishida allegedly conspired with Seiji Funabashi (41, sentenced to 14 years in prison), a convicted felon with whom she was dating, to cause the death of her daughter, A, at their home in Okayama City. They made her stand on a pot for a long time, wrapped her in a futon, and left her unconscious.

Nishida claimed in court, “It is true that I failed to protect her, but I did not take the initiative. The prosecution, on the other hand, claimed that “Nishida contacted him on line and told him that [Ms. A] wouldn’t listen to him,” and that Funabashi abused her. It can be said that Nishida conspired with him.

FRIDAY Digital” reported in detail on the abuse case in which Mr. A died in an article distributed on February 14, 2010. We would like to reproduce the article and look back at the surprising words and actions of Nishida and Funabashi inmates (some content has been corrected).

‘The fun time is about to begin.’

Here comes the fun mission. The fun time is about to begin today.”

The man then pulls the girl’s hair and punches her in the face. He further assaulted her by sticking his hand in her mouth and grabbing her lower jaw. He made her stand in a large pot on a chair for nearly six hours until dawn.

On February 9, 2010, the Okayama Prefectural Police arrested Funabashi, a prisoner who was dating the defendant Nishida, a mother living in Kita-ku, Okayama City, for repeatedly abusing a 6-year-old girl. The abused child was Nishida’s daughter, A.’ In September ’21, she was transported to a hospital in a brain-dead state, but died of hypoxic encephalopathy in January ’22.

“In September ’21, the Child Guidance Center reported to the police that ‘a girl who was transported to the hospital was in a brain-dead state and there was a possibility of a case,’ which led to the arrest of defendant Nishida and inmate Funabashi.

According to the police investigation, at least five times during September ’21, the defendant was assaulted, including punching him in the face. Nishida denied that he was an accomplice, saying, ‘It is strange to say that I was an accomplice because I did not do it. Funabashi admitted the abuse, saying, ‘There is no doubt that I violated him and made him stand on the chair for a long time. It seems that Funabashi assaulted Ms. A by saying things like, ‘Fun time is about to start,’ and Nishida did not stop him but tolerated it.

The assaults were horrific.

Mr. A was sometimes made to stand in a pot for nearly six hours, and he was not even allowed to go to the bathroom. He was also stripped naked, sprayed with a misting liquid, and hit with a fan. According to Funabashi’s statement, he even had his fingers shoved as far up his nostrils as he could.’ In September 2008, a passerby witnessed Mr. A. being made to stand naked in a cemetery late at night and severely reprimanded. To make it more terrifying, he even blindfolded her. ……

The assault was filmed on Funabashi inmates’ smartphones. Several videos showing the abuse have been found. Several indoor cameras were installed in Nishida’s house where the assault took place. The Funabashi inmates’ home was located about 10 km away. It seems that when defendant Nishida was away, he monitored Ms. A with the cameras”.

The assaults seem to have been routine. According to several media outlets, residents in the neighborhood were told that Ms. A. had not been given enough food to eat.

According to several media reports, neighbors had frequently heard children crying and adults yelling reprimands even before Mr. A was taken to the hospital. Could the incident have been prevented?

The Okayama City Child Guidance Center announced that three years ago, in June ’19, it notified Nishida in writing of its suspicion of neglect of the then 3-year-old Ms. A. When interviewed by the Child Welfare Minister, he found a bruise on Ms. A’s forehead the size of a 10-yen coin, but Nishida explained that she ‘might have bumped it somewhere. As for Funabashi, he denied having a boyfriend, saying, “There is no such person. He denied that he had a boyfriend.

Nishida’s trial is scheduled to conclude on August 29.