Teenagers bashes parents to death with dumbbell

[OverMyHead]

MITO -- A man who as a teen bashed his parents to death with an iron dumbbell was sentenced to life imprisonment at a ruling at the Mito District Court on Monday.

The 21-year-old, whose name has been withheld because he was a minor at the time of the killings, was handed the life sentence in line with a demand from public prosecutors.

In handing down the ruling, Presiding Judge Masahiko Hayashi blasted his actions.

"There was no particular fault with his parents. It was an extremely selfish act, and can only be described as unjustified resentment. It was a cold-blooded and brutal crime," Hayashi said.

The man's lawyers reportedly do not intend to file an appeal against the ruling.

According to the ruling, the man approached his 51-year-old father, a junior high school teacher, as he was sleeping in a bedroom on the second floor of their home at about 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2004, and bashed him to death with a 4-kilogram iron dumbbell. He then fatally bashed his 48-year-old mother, who was sleeping in a different room.

At the time of the killings, the teen had shut himself off from society, remaining at home. He had decided he wanted to kill his 78-year-old grandfather, who dealt with him strictly, and was also angry with his parents, the court heard. The teen explained that he had killed his parents first to overcome the fear of killing his grandfather. During his trial he said, "I have absolutely no regrets about the killings."

The 21-year-old's grandfather, who attended the hearing, said he didn't think a life sentence was harsh punishment.

"I don't think it was a harsh sentence. He's given no apology, and it seems like he doesn't think he's done anything bad," the 78-year-old said. "I hope he becomes a respectable person." He added that he had no plans to go and visit the 21-year-old in the future.

Call me morbid, but I find the very last paragraph amusing.

 

[Roughneck]

Wha?

 

[The_Dark_Knight]

wow.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Intersesting.

 

[ComicChick]

whats wrong with people these days

 

[Shifty]

Good to see some people hand out the proper justice. Now if only the "name withheld due to being a minor" law can be abolished.

 

[ComicChick]

i cant believe he has no remorse.

i mean, that's his parents. I can't even imagine striking my parents, let alone killing them? wow

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

They must have done some seriously f**ked up stuff to make him want to do this. Or he's just a f**kin' psycho.

 

[OverMyHead]

Must've been severly abused. What state had he been to commit such heinous crime? There must've been something to motivate him.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Yeah....But every so often you hear about these people who just go ape s**t over nothing.

 

[Avangarde]

They must have done some seriously f**ked up stuff to make him want to do this. Or he's just a f**kin' psycho.

Didn't buy him a PS3 for Christmas

 

[OverMyHead]

lol

you know--that could really be it.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

My dad is on his knees thanking god he got my brother and I a ps3 now haha.

 

[OverMyHead]

Har Har. I find that very disturbing.

Another motivation could be money. There was a same exact case here in Los Angeles. An Asian kid shot his parents and little sister, in the face, while they were sleeping, because they wouldn't allow him to gamble. He stole their money and was eventually caught in Vegas, gambling.

 

[ComicChick]

ppl like that make me sad. just reminds me how ugly this world can be

 

[Motown Marvel]

i blame the emo music.

 

[Kyalesyin]

That is pretty freaking scary.

 

[kane9321]

oh hell no..dude needs a bullet to the brain

 

[heypapajinx]

what i think is strange is that the parents were sleeping in seperate bed rooms.
maybe one was a ridiculously loud snorer and the other was an exceptionally stinky farter.
maybe the kid just couldn't take it anymore, the smell and the noise, and went totally haywire!!?
maybe that's why he's not remorseful, now he'll get some good night sleep in prison, aside from the anal rape of course.

 

[Two-Face]

What a ****ing idiot.

 

[Kyalesyin]

what i think is strange is that the parents were sleeping in seperate bed rooms.
maybe one was a ridiculously loud snorer and the other was an exceptionally stinky farter.
maybe the kid just couldn't take it anymore, the smell and the noise, and went totally haywire!!?
maybe that's why he's not remorseful, now he'll get some good night sleep in prison, aside from the anal rape of course.

My parents slept in separate rooms until they could afford to divorce.

 

[Mee]

They must have done some seriously f**ked up stuff to make him want to do this. Or he's just a f**kin' psycho.

I'm guessing that one.


Wow.

 

[the_joker]

Didn't buy him a PS3 for Christmas

Or worst, bought him a Gamecube.

 

[Jolie_Desastre]

kids these days. there was this chick who killed her parents on christmas day. went on this prison online dating site, and said she deserves to find love.

 

[Kyalesyin]

kids these days. there was this chick who killed her parents on christmas day. went on this prison online dating site, and said she deserves to find love.

She wasn't getting enough in prison?!