Utsunomiya30th of May (News about Japan– In a lawsuit accusing three teachers of professional negligence causing death and injury following an avalanche that killed eight high school students in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, the Utsunomiya District Court has sentenced the three to two years in prison convicted.
In March 2017, an avalanche during a mountaineering training in Nasu Town resulted in the deaths of eight students and teachers of the Otawara Prefecture High School mountaineering club. The instructors, including Shuichi Inose, were charged with professional negligence causing death and injury.
On the 30th, the Utsunomiya District Court handed down two-year prison sentences to Shuichi Inose, Hisao Suganuma and Hironori Watanabe.
During the trial, the prosecution had asked for four years in prison for the three, while the defense had argued for their acquittal.
Source: ANN
