Marine pleads not guilty in alleged gang rape

[unhappycamper]

Marine pleads not guilty in alleged gang rape
Kyodo News Agency
Posted : Wednesday May 7, 2008 6:50:58 EDT

IWAKUNI, Japan — A 20-year-old lance corporal pleaded not guilty Tuesday as a court-martial began at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni over the alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman in Hiroshima last October.

Japanese police sent papers in November to public prosecutors on the four on suspicion of gang raping the woman after meeting her at a dance event and forcing her into a car from the night of Oct. 13 to the early hours of Oct. 14. But police said they decided not to prosecute them when they saw inconsistencies in the woman’s explanations.

The defendant was charged with alleged sexual assault and disobedience in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Iwakuni base said.

Courts-martial for the other three are scheduled to begin from later this month to June.


Article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/05/kyo_rapetrial_050608/

[DrDan]

1. wow - more problems in Japan

those JAGs are sure busy over there