Rape Drug Cases on the Rise on Matching Apps… Vile Crime Revealed in Court and Confession of Defendant’s Mother

Sleeping pills in a woman’s drink to commit an indecent act

The crimes are premeditated, vile, and malicious. The physical and mental suffering of the victims is immeasurable.

On November 5, the Tokyo District Court heard the verdict of defendant Hiroshi Kawai, 45, who was charged with indecent assault after he forced a woman he met on a matching app to drink a drink containing sleeping pills. The presiding judge sentenced him to 7 years and 6 months in prison, and stated in the above words: “According to the indictment and other documents, the defendant was convicted of ‘indecent assault’ and ‘indecent assault.

According to the indictment, in November 2010, at a restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, the defendant laced a drink with a sleeping pill while a woman in her 30s stood up to use the restroom, put her in a state of irresistible resistance, and committed an indecent act.

Kawai apparently kissed the woman on the spot. There were three victims, and in one case, they had sexual intercourse without using contraceptives.

The number of rape victims is on the increase due to the spread of matching apps.

Sleeping pills are easily prescribed at hospitals if one complains of insomnia. Since sleeping pills are quickly eliminated from the body, there is little evidence left behind, and many people cry themselves to sleep. There is an increase in the number of cases where women meet men on matching apps and have dinner with them for the first time on the same day, and these incidents are on the rise.

The crimes were committed right under the officer’s nose.

Perpetrators often film themselves performing indecent acts, which is hard evidence in an investigation. However, victims are said to be hesitant to report the crime, fearing that the videos will be leaked.

How was this case? According to “FNN Prime Online” (Fuji Television Network, broadcast on February 8, ’23), which reported this at the time of the arrest, the female victim this time became suspicious that she had no memory at all before waking up and consulted the police station, which led the Tsukiji Police Station to start checking the defendant Kawai’s behavior.

In the process, they visually confirmed the moment when the defendant Kawai put liquid chemicals in the woman’s drink. The police voluntarily accompanied the defendant on the spot, leading to his arrest for the November ’22 incident. The woman’s shock was immeasurable when she was informed of the actual damage by a police officer.

They also found a large quantity of sleeping pills in the defendant’s home. Nine matching apps were installed on her phone, and she had three incidents in a short period of two months, which is quite malicious” (investigator).

At the trial in July, a statement from Kawai’s mother was read out. In her statement, she described Kawai as “a talkative person who does not interact well with others,

On the other hand, she also said that he had a kind side to him, that he had taken many trips with her, and that he was very motherly.

He also said that she has a motherly side to her. He continued,

As a woman, I find it hard to forgive her, but she has lost everything and is sorry.

She asked for a lenient punishment. The sentence handed down was seven years and six months in prison. For the victim, the crime was committed with no memory of the crime, leaving a deep psychological scar that will never be erased.