08/02/01 02:12:38
From The TimesJanuary 31, 2008
‘Condolence cash’ could free killer rapist
Richard Lloyd Parry in Tokyo
Joji Obara, the convicted rapist and killer accused of causing the death of the British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman,
could be freed early if the father of one of his victims accepts a £472,000 payment, Japanese police say.
Nigel Ridgway, whose daughter, Carita, died in Tokyo in 1992, is due to arrive in Tokyo this morning to meet representatives of Obara,
a 54-year-old property developer.
Mr Ridgway is considering an offer of as much as 100 million yen (£472,000)
in “consolation and condolence” money from the man convicted last year
of drugging, raping and accidentally killing his daughter.
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