Japanese Woman faces 5 years for Stealing Envelope
Undercover police in Nagoya recently arrested a woman for the theft of… an envelope.
Taking the law to new depths of inanity prosecutors have requested a five year sentence for the perpetrator, an unemployed 67 year old woman from the nearby prefecture of Gifu. The woman has previously been convicted of 14 charges of theft.
From the Mainichi newspaper: Habitual woman pickpocket faces 5 years behind bars for stealing envelope
“The defendant is a habitual pickpocket and highly likely to repeat a similar crime,” a prosecutor said during a hearing held at the Nagoya District Court on Tuesday.
Her defense lawyer argued that the demand is too severe in view of the amount that she stole.
Maeyama stole an envelope containing an invoice, worth only two yen, from a woman’s bag at a department store in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, on the afternoon of Aug. 6, according to prosecutors.
Plainclothes police officers saw her steal the envelope even though she attempted to cover it with a paper fan, and arrested her red-handed.
I shudder to think what penalty I will face for stealing a sip of Chooch’s wine the other night.
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