Brit killer in Japan gets 13 years' jail; TRIAL.Byline: PATRICK MULCHRONE A BRITON who strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. his girlfriend in Japan has been jailed for 13 years. Paul Shimmin, 36, murdered Shoko Kawanobe, 25, in her Yokohama apartment, a court in the city heard. Father-of-four Shimmin, from Bolton, allegedly called police to tell them she was dead and that he did not know how she had died. But Japanese detectives found no trace of anyone other than him entering or leaving the apartment and his DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. was found on the body. It is believed Shimmin got to know Kawanobe in Britain before he moved to Japan to live with her before murdering her in 2007. His lawyers argued she accidentally suffocated with her face in a pillow while asleep but Judge Kenichi Kurita rejected the claim. The judge described the killing as "short-sighted and violent", and said Shimmin had shown no remorse. The killer's family in Bolton declined to comment. CAPTION(S): STRANGLER stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. Paul Shimmin |
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