OSAKA (TR) – Officers from an investigative unit of the Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old man who was inspired to sexually abuse multiple elementary school girls in the prefecture by watching an adult video (AV) production, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 20).
Between October of last year and July, Kosuke Sasaki, a contract employee from Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, allegedly lured six school girls, aged between 6 and 9, who were commuting home to the stairwells of residences to fondle their bodies.
“I’m sorry about the little bit strange behavior of this old man,” he told them. “If you tell your mother, say it was splendid.”
Sasaki is currently under prosecution for indecent assault.
The use of the stairwells in the crimes was inspired by his watching of an AV film in the genre known as lolicon, which features actresses posing as very young girls, when he was in his 20s. “My sexual desire came to life when I saw a primary school girl nude in the film,” the suspect is quoted by police.
Sasaki targeted girls dressed in school uniforms. Of the six girls, one managed to escape from Sasaki unharmed.