The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a 37-year-old Nepalese man serving a life sentence for the murder of a 39-year-old woman in 1997, it was learned Tuesday.
The court's Third Petty Bench unanimously rejected an appeal by former restaurant employee Govinda Prasad Mainali, who was initially acquitted by the Tokyo District Court of the slaying. The Tokyo High Court sentenced Mainali to life in 2000.
The decision by the top court effectively ends the six-year trial.