April 25, 2008YOKOHAMA -- A U.S. Navy sailor has been indicted over the murder last month of Tokyo taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi in Yokosuka, prosecutors said.
The Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office charged Olatunbosun Ugbogu, 22, a Nigerian national serving as an able seaman with the U.S. Navy, with murder, burglary, and a violation of the Firearms and Swords Control Law.
Ugbogu has denied that he had any intention to murder and rob the victim, telling Kanagawa Prefectural Police investigators, "A voice ordered me to stab him."
However, prosecutors determined that they can press charges against Ugbogu.
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(Mainichi Japan) April 25, 2008
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