Peko-phile Prosecuted

[kurohinge1]

[FG Lurker]

I think P1 just got overbilled...

[FG Lurker]

After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company suggested chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be cruel.

Guess Peko-chan is more important than the average pooch.

[Captain Japan]

It would seem that things were going nearly according to precedent initially as far as the jail-time/number-of-statues rate goes...

In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in prison.

But I guess it was just not to be.

[Captain Japan]

Peko-chan theft spree nets crook seven year
Japan Times

YAMAGATA -- A 39-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for stealing Peko-chan dolls, the trademark character for major confectioner Fujiya Co., that are traded at high prices among collectors.

Peko-chan, the trademark of confectioner Fujiya Co., welcomes customers at a shop in central Tokyo in this photo taken in April 2004. The company says some 30 of the dolls have been stolen nationwide since January.

The Yamagata District Court ruled that Hiroyuki Cho ordered a collaborator to steal 15 life-size dolls, worth about 1.1 million yen in total, from restaurants and shops in Gunma, Saitama and Yamagata prefectures from May to July last year.

Cho, unemployed, lives in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture.

Prosecutors had demanded 11 years in prison as violence was used in some of the attempts to steal the dolls....more...

[IkemenTommy]

57 years? WTF! Where are the Amnesty Internationals and other human rights orgs crying in a situation like this? This guy should just get intense community service labor for his crime and not get locked up in prison for his punishment. At least, he'll be contributing some back to the society that way.

And WTF was he thinking when he was going to auction off the dolls? What a dumb ass

[Greji]

57 years? WTF! Where are the Amnesty Internationals and other human rights orgs crying in a situation like this? This guy should just get intense community service labor for his crime and not get locked up in prison for his punishment.

Mandatory sentencing in Peko pecking cases. The sentence is doubled if it is a FG with out a Peko license. Actually, I wonder how many unidentified stains and substances Peko was wearing upon return?

[dimwit]

For all the talk of Japan losing its reputation as a 'safety' country, why are the front page stories of the last few days all about vandalism and minor theft?

[IkemenTommy]

What were the front page stories before?

[Taro Toporific]

After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company suggested chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be cruel.

Guess Peko-chan is more important than the average pooch.

Yes, but Japanese love to torment their dogs and revere idols.

Check out this Perko-chan in N. Shinjuku station with an alarm attached to it's feet.

[kurohinge1]

What I want to know is where was Poko-kun when all this was going on???

What kind of boyfriend is that?



Peko & Poko in happier days.

[IkemenTommy]

I always thought they were too young to be boy friend girl friend.
I guess I was wrong, those sick pedophiles.

[kurohinge1]

I always thought they were too young to be boy friend girl friend.
I guess I was wrong, those sick pedophiles.

You mean pekophiles

I know she doesn't look it, but Peko-chan is about 50.

[Taro Toporific]

[size=200]What I want to know is where was Poko-kun when all this was going on???

We all know what he only wanted from her.

[dingosatemybaby]

[size=200]What I want to know is where was Poko-kun when all this was going on???

We all know what he only wanted from her.

Peko-chan's still pretty hot for a 50-year-old, mind you, but she's starting to get that frozen, mask-like appearence from too many facelifts and botox treatments.