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A notorious yakuza boss had his death sentence overturned after becoming the first ever senior member to receive the sentence in 2021 - telling the judge 'you'll regret this decision for the rest of your life'.
Satoru Nomura, 77, was handed down a life sentence at the Fukoka High Court on Tuesday after he was found not guilty of his allged involvement in the fatal shooting of a former head of a fisheries cooperative in 1998.
He was initially sentenced to death over four cases of attacks on ordinary citizens - including the murder.
But the head of the violent Kudo-kai crime syndicate was acquitted of the shooting with Judge Futoshi Ichikawa saying he 'cannot recognise Nomura's complicity through logical or empirical reasoning.'
However, the elderly gang boss was found guilty of three cases of attempted organised murder agaisnt a former police officer, a nurse, and a dentist, between 2021 and 2014.
Yakuza godfather Satoru Nomura (pictured), aged 77, head of the Kudo-kai gang, was sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit murder in 2021, but had his execution overruled on Tuesday
Nomura was found to be the ultimate mastermind behind all four attacks, despite his constant denial of his involvement.
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