The Tokyo High Court in 2000 convicted Govinda Prasad Mainali for the 1997 robbery and murder of a Tokyo woman, but his brother believes he is innocent and is pushing to have him acquitted -- again.
Indra Prasad Mainali, a 46-year-old travel agent, has made a written request to the Supreme Court, which is hearing Govinda's appeal, to acquit his 36-year-old brother, it was learned Monday.
According to the request, Govinda was gainfully employed and not in urgent need of money, as claimed by the Tokyo High Court, which in December 2000 convicted him of robbing the 39-year-old woman of 40,000 yen and strangling her.