Injurious heist but 'Pink Panther' member to avoid lay judge trial

[AsahinaKimi]

Source: Kyodo News

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office on Friday charged a Montenegrin member of the "Pink Panther" ring of thieves with robbery and intrusion over a 2007 heist in Tokyo involving nearly ¥300 million worth of jewelry.

Rifat Hadziahmetovic, 42, was formally arrested in Spain by Japanese police last month in connection with the robbery, which resulted in injuries, a charge that would, as a serious crime, be subject to a lay judge trial under the citizen judge system launched in May 2009. But he will not be so tried because he was indicted for simple robbery instead.

Hadziahmetovic is suspected of stealing a ¥200 million diamond tiara and a necklace worth ¥84 million from the Exelco Diamond store in the ritzy Ginza district after spraying pepper spray at clerks in June 2007.

The theft ring has with some 200 members.

Read more: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100904a9.html

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:shrug: Who Knew?

[formercia]

1. Is he Yakuza

or someone who didn't learn any manners at the orphanage where he grew up?

[AsahinaKimi]

2. here

Rifat Hadziahmetovic of Montenegro, 42, suspected of snatching the tiara and other jewelry from a downtown Tokyo store in 2007, is led by police as he was extradited to Japan from Spain, at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Hadziahmetovic is the suspected member of the storied "Pink Panther" ring of jewel thieves.

The gang was given its name after British detectives found a diamond ring hidden in a jar of face cream, echoing an incident in the 1963 comedy film "Pink Panther", starring Peter Sellers.

more here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/macedonia/7979840/Alleged-Pink-Panther-faces-charges-in-Japan-over-diamond-tiara-theft.html

[formercia]

3. Ah, his name didn't seem Japanese

no wonder he has no manners. :hi: