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Nurse sentenced to over 3 yrs in prison for removing patients' nails
Monday January 23, 11:00 AM
(Kyodo) _ A former assistant nurse was sentenced Monday to three years and eight months in prison by the Kyoto District Court for tearing off the nails of six female patients at a hospital in the city in 2004.
Akemi Sato, 32, removed the nails of six female patients who were immobilized for health reasons at Jujo Hospital between September and October 2004 for stress relief, according to the indictment.
Her defense lawyers had sought a lenient verdict, saying she suffered from a mental deficiency. But prosecutors, who had sought a six-year prison term, argued that she should be held responsible as she had targeted only those who could not express their intentions.
Nurse sentenced to over 3 yrs in prison for removing patients' nails
Monday January 23, 11:00 AM
(Kyodo) _ A former assistant nurse was sentenced Monday to three years and eight months in prison by the Kyoto District Court for tearing off the nails of six female patients at a hospital in the city in 2004.
Akemi Sato, 32, removed the nails of six female patients who were immobilized for health reasons at Jujo Hospital between September and October 2004 for stress relief, according to the indictment.
Her defense lawyers had sought a lenient verdict, saying she suffered from a mental deficiency. But prosecutors, who had sought a six-year prison term, argued that she should be held responsible as she had targeted only those who could not express their intentions.