Ruling overturned a two-year and 18-month sentence previously handed down by the Tokyo District Court
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Suspect's wife tipped off emergency services after finding the victim collapsed and bleeding atop her bed
Suspect met the victim online, police said
Suspect fled from Wakayama Prefectural Police on July 10
Police seized about 40,000 uncensored DVDs from a warehouse used by the shop
Court ruled that the defendant 'might have been aware' that a body was inside a garment case dumped at Gongen Dam last year
Girlfriend accumulated her debt at suspect's former club, police said
Suspect told police, 'Since the outlets in the chain have the same interior, I targeted them repeatedly'
Police are seeking the whereabouts of the assailant on suspicion of inflicting injury
Upon his arrest, Urata denied the allegations, telling police, 'Since I was drunk, I do not recall'