Shizuoka: Middle school vice principal admits to sexually assaulting girls after kidnappings
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on December 23, 2020
Yomiuri Shimbun (Dec. 22).
At the opening of his trial at the Numazu branch of the Shizuoka District Court on December 21, Hidehito Yamamoto, 53, admitted to allegations of kidnapping for the purpose of sexual assault and confinement.
After taping her mouth shut and binding her limbs with a rope, he took her to a mountain hut he owns in Numazu. He then trapped her inside a storage container before sexually assaulting her.
Hidehito Yamamoto (Twitter)
At some point after the abduction in September, a parent of the girl reported her missing to police. During the investigation, police learned that Yamamoto used forged license plates on the rented vehicle.