A man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison Thursday for his role in the 1999 murder of a 21-year-old college student in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture.
The Saitama District Court found Satoshi Kawakami, 34, guilty for his part in the killing of Shiori Ino, who died in a knife attack Oct. 26, 1999, on a street near JR Okegawa Station. She was a student at Atomi College.
Four people were accused of conspiring to kill Ino.
Yoshifumi Kubota, 37, actually stabbed Ino and has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Yoshitaka Ito, 35, kept a lookout during the attack and has been sentenced to 15 years. Kawakami drove Kubota to the scene of the murder.