TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 27-year-old male company employee for breaking into the residence of a female colleague in Ota Ward and stealing clothes and other items.
At around midnight on March 30, Yuki Murai allegedly broke in the apartment of the woman, aged in her 20s, and stole six items — including clothes and a security camera — worth about 15,000 yen.
During questioning on suspicion of trespassing, Murai, who lives in Kawasaki City’s Kawasaki Ward, admitted to the charges. “I thought I’d make her feel bad for ignoring me on Line,” he said, according to the Kamata Police Station.
According to police, Murai used a duplicate key he had made without permission of the woman to gain access. To copy the key, he stole from her bag.
Murai is believed that he have broken into the woman’s residence more than 20 times since August last year. Photos of the interior of the residence were left on the suspect’s smartphone.
The woman became suspicious of items disappearing from her home and installed security cameras, but those cameras were also stolen, police said.
