Panda-head killer to serve a "zoo" life sentence

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Life sentence demanded for 'panda-head killer'Mainichi Online, July 5, 2004)
---Tokyo's "panda-head killer," who is accused of stabbing a female student to death in 2001, should be jailed for life, prosecutors told the Tokyo District Court on Monday.....Yamaguchi approached the 19-year-old from behind in April 2001 with the intention of molesting her. When she turned around, he mistakenly thought she was making fun of him and he flew into a rage, stabbing her in four places, including the back, prosecutors said.
The killing attracted headlines because the killer was wearing a panda-shaped headpiece. Police tracked Yamaguchi down because he had been spotted wearing the panda headpiece almost every day near the murder scene over a one-week period leading up to the incident.

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Sekkuhara panda not just touching up the South Park kids anymore...

And, who lives in peace near the willow tree?
Who teaches harassment to you and me?
Do do this, don't touch there..
Don't say that, says the silly old bear!
He's come to teach you what's right and wrong..
Sexual Harassment, Panda!

[Taro Toporific]

Sekkuhara panda not just touching up the South Park kids anymore...
And, who lives in peace near the willow tree?
Who teaches harassment to you and me?
Do do this, don't touch there..
Don't say that, says the silly old bear!
He's come to teach you what's right and wrong..
Sexual Harassment, Panda!

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http://images.southparkstudios.com/media/video/306/sp306_panda.mov

[Taro Toporific]

Sekkuhara panda not just touching up the South Park kids anymore...

Panda-head killer's lawyer pleads for leniency
(Compiled from Mainichi and wire reports, Japan, Aug. 30, 2004)
The defense counsel for Tokyo's panda-head killer, who is charged with fatally stabbing a female college student in 2001, denied during a court hearing Monday that the man had murderous intent.....
Moreover, the lawyer asked for leniency on the grounds that Yamaguchi was a victim of child abuse. "In his childhood, the defendant was subjected to constant child abuse, and had no support."....
...The killing attracted headlines because he was wearing a panda-shaped headpiece.
Police tracked Yamaguchi down because he had been spotted wearing the panda headpiece almost every day near the murder scene over a one-week period leading up to the incident. When asked about the headpiece, he reportedly told police, "I liked it. I didn't think it was strange."