Senior cop handed two year prison sentence for molesting woman in cell

CHIBA -- A former police officer accused of performing indecent acts with a detained 22-year-old woman in a cell was handed a two-year prison sentence in a ruling at the Chiba District Court on Tuesday.

Handed the sentence was 26-year-old Kenji Nakamura, a former senior officer at Urayasu Police Station in Chiba Prefecture. Nakamura stood accused of violence and abusive treatment by a special public officer.

"It is evident that he repeatedly performed indecent acts with women, and his responsibility for causing a loss of trust in the police is heavy," Judge Takanori Hikosaka said.

Nakamura was accused of hugging a woman in a detention cell and fondling her breasts and private parts on two occasions last year -- at about 12:15 a.m. on Feb. 8 and 1:15 p.m. on March 15. The officer was sacked over his actions.

わいせつ行為：元警官に懲役２年　千葉地裁判決

　留置場で拘置中の女性（２２）にわいせつな行為をしたとして、特別公務員暴行陵虐罪に問われた元千葉県警浦安署巡査長、中村憲司被告（２６）＝懲戒免職処分＝に対し、千葉地裁（彦坂孝孔裁判官）は１９日、懲役２年（求刑同３年）を言い渡した。彦坂裁判官は「女性へのわいせつ行為を繰り返していたとうかがわれ、警察への信頼を損ねた責任は重い」と述べた。

　判決によると、中村被告は同署警務課留置係だった昨年２月８日午前０時１５分ごろと３月１５日午後１時１５分ごろ、留置場内で女性を抱きしめ、胸や下半身を触るなどした。県警監察官室は「再発防止に努める」とコメントした。【寺田剛】

February 19, 2008

Mainichi