白石被告弁護人が控訴　死刑判決に不服―座間９遺体

　神奈川県座間市のアパートで１０～２０代の男女９人の遺体が見つかった事件で、強盗・強制性交殺人罪などに問われ、一審で死刑判決を受けた白石隆浩被告（３０）の弁護人は１８日、判決を不服として東京高裁に控訴した。
　白石被告は一審公判で「（判決が出れば）控訴せず、罪を認めて罰を受けるつもりだ」と述べており、今後、控訴を取り下げる可能性もある。（2020/12/18-18:33）

A lawyer for Takahiro Shiraishi on Friday filed an appeal against a death sentence the 30-year-old man recently received for killing nine people in a high-profile mass murder case in 2017.
   The appeal was filed with Tokyo High Court, after Tokyo District Court on Tuesday handed down the ruling that found Shiraishi responsible for the murders of eight women and a man aged between 15 and 26.
   During the lower court trial, Shiraishi said he would not appeal any ruling, showing readiness to accept punishment. The appeal therefore may be withdrawn.
   Shiraishi approached victims who expressed suicidal thoughts via Twitter between August and October, 2017, according to the ruling.
   To fulfill his desire for money and sex, Shiraishi lured the victims to his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, and strangled them using rope.