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'Voices' told sailor to stab taxi driver, counsel says

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) The Japanese lawyer representing a 22-year-old U.S. Navy seaman who was arrested Thursday for the murder of a taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Friday that his client told him he heard voices ordering him to... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sat, Apr 05 2008

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02 Apr 08 visit U.S. sailor admits killing taxi driver  »  Japan Times YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) A 22-year-old U.S. Navy seaman being held in the brig for alleged desertion told Japanese interrogators Wednesday that he murdered a taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, police sources said. Read the full story . . .
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10 Dec 08 visit Crime › U.S. sailor pleads not guilty to murdering taxi driver, says voices told him to do it  »  Japan Today A U.S. Navy sailor pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the murder of a taxi driver in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture in March, telling the Yokohama District…
04 Apr 08 visit Crime › Lawyer says U.S. sailor heard 'voice' ordering him to stab someone  »  Japan Today The 22-year-old U.S. sailor, who was arrested for the murder of a Japanese taxi driver, has told his Japanese lawyer that he intended to stab…
03 Apr 08 visit Police arrest U.S. sailor in cabby slaying  »  Japan Times
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