Tokyo: An American father-son duo who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee Japan were sentenced to 20 months and two years in prison by a Tokyo court on Monday.
The sentences are the first to be handed down in Japan in the Nissan saga, which began with former auto tycoon Ghosn’s shock arrest in 2018 on financial misconduct allegations.
Former US special forces operative Michael Taylor was jailed for two years, while his son Peter received a sentence of 20 months.
“This case enabled Ghosn, a defendant of serious crime, to escape overseas,” chief judge Hideo Nirei said.
“Both defendants pulled off an unprecedented escape,” the judge added, noting that there was no prospect of Ghosn - an international fugitive in Lebanon - returning to Japan.