Japan Psychiatrist Osamu Tamura Sentenced in Corpse Mutilation Case

May 22, 2025

A Japanese court on Wednesday ruled that a man was not guilty of helping his daughter commit murder and behead the victim in Sapporo in 2023.

But he was found guilty of aiding in the abandonment and mutilation of the corpse and sentenced to one year and four months in prison, suspended for four years.

Psychiatrist Osamu Tamura, 61, was on trial at the Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido on multiple charges, including assisting in the murder of a man who had allegedly met his daughter, Runa, 31, at a nightclub about a month before the killing and later had a falling out with her.

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