Grieving father seeks ‘harshest term’
In a victim impact statement that was not read out in the Japanese court, Andrew Furlong pleaded for Richard Hinds to receive the severest punishment open to the court for killing his daughter, aged 21, who was found dead in a room at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo on May 24 last year.
Mr Hinds, aged 19, a musician from Memphis, Tennessee, will today hear the verdict of the court in Tokyo, where he has been standing trial for Ms Furlong’s murder.