TOKYO: The gunman convicted of shooting dead former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 has appealed his life sentence, his lawyer told AFP Wednesday.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was found guilty two weeks ago at the Nara District Court and jailed for life for using a homemade gun to assassinate Abe during an outdoor campaign event.
“Today, I filed the motion to appeal,” court-appointed defense counsel Masaaki Furukawa said.
Furukawa said the move was “an opportunity to correct the unjust lower-court ruling.”
The lawyer declined to discuss Yamagami’s intentions regarding the appeal, including whether he was seeking to fight the guilty verdict or reduce the sentence.
