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Man arrested over attempted sexual assault of woman at her apartment

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Police in Tokyo have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to sexually assault a woman in June.

According to police, Masamitsu Narita, a company employee, followed the woman, who is in her 20s, for about 600 meters from a station to her apartment building in Suginami Ward early in the morning on June 17, Kyodo News reported. When the woman opened the door to her apartment, he forced his way in behind her and started groping her.

The woman screamed and her flatmate came out to help her. Narita then fled. Police said he was identified after an analysis of street surveillance camera footage.

Police said Narita, who was arrested on Friday, told them he had been drinking heavily the previous night and that when he saw the woman at the station, he was sexually turned on by her. He said he had never met nor seen the woman before.

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Nut job! Luckily he was caught and the woman wasn’t raped or worse.

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told them he had been drinking heavily the previous night and that when he saw the woman at the station, he was sexually turned on by her. He said he had never met nor seen the woman before.

So he just decided to follow her home and sexually assault her? WTF?

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"drinking heavily" and "sexually turned on" don't belong in the same sentence -

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When I drink heavily, I want to go home, watch Netflix and eat cheese and hummus. Why so much frustration for these perverts. Is it cultural thing, women’s fragility or just they are losers?

btw, I don’t drink heavy, but love cheese.

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Too bad her flatmate didn't beat the crap out of him before the cops got there.

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Hope he gets more than a suspended sentence. Hard for me to imagine that this is the first time he did this.

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Had a woman that was followed, knock on my door to escape this type of situation

I think it’s pretty common in Japan

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Police said Narita, who was arrested on Friday, told them he had been drinking heavily the previous night and that when he saw the woman at the station,

So, pretty much, it was another way of saying "I was drunk and don't remember."

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Sometimes, I just don't understand these kinds of people.

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For those who were under the influence of alcohol while committing crime, jail sentence should be double. Many criminals making the alcohol excuse, and some of them drink alcohol before committing planned crime to avoid punishment.

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Why did she let him follow her all the way up to her apartment?

Because she thought her flatmates would be there to help her?

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What an absolute doughnut! Why not go to one of those soapland places and get your rocks off for a fee instead of causing stress, depression, trauma, moving fees and perhaps therapy fees?

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