Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref. –
A district court on Thursday sentenced three people to two years in prison for deaths caused by an avalanche during a school training program in Tochigi Prefecture in 2017.
Utsunomiya District Court Judge Toshifumi Takioka found the three defendants guilty of professional negligence causing death and injury after eight people, mostly students from Tochigi Prefectural Otawara High School mountaineering club, died in the avalanche during hiking training in Tochigi Prefecture city. Nasu.
Prosecutors had sought four-year prison sentences for all three people, who played key roles in the training program as teachers.
