滋賀県大津市、保護司殺害事件

担当保護司を殺害した疑いで、保護観察中の男性が、大津市で逮捕されました。

Shiga Prefectural Police arrested a 35-year-old man on June 8 on suspicion of involvement in the killing of his parole officer, Hiroshi Shinjo, 60, who was found dead at his home here in May this year.

※parole=仮出所、仮釈放　【pəróul】

語源：古フランス語で言葉、正式の約束（脱走しないという約束）

保護司はprobation officerという言い方もあり

保護司とは（法務相HPより）

Volunteer probation officers are private volunteers who support the recovery of those who committed crimes and delinquencies. They are considered part-time national government officials commissioned by the Minister of Justice based on the Volunteer Probation Officers Act. There are approximately 47,000 volunteer probation officers nationwide.

保護司は、犯罪や非行をした人の立ち直りを地域で支える民間のボランティア。保護司法に基づき、法務大臣から委嘱された非常勤の国家公務員とされていますが、給与は支給されません。このような保護司は、全国に約47000人います。

新庄博志さんの遺体の上半身に10カ所以上の傷が確認されました。

An autopsy has found that Shinjo died he was stabbed at least 10 times in his upper body.

※autopsy　検死解剖

飯塚容疑者は事件4日後、ナイフを持ち歩いていた銃刀法違反で現場付近で現行犯逮捕されていました。

The suspect, Kohei Iitsuka was arrested a few days after Shinjo's murder on a weapons charge after being apprehended carrying a knife on the street near the scene.　

※銃刀法＝the Swords and Firearms Control Law

2018年10月、コンビニで強盗事件で容疑者は懲役3年、保護観察付き執行猶予5年の有罪判決を受けました。

Iitsuka had been arrested in October 2018 on suspicion of robbery for stealing 20,000 yen from a nearby convenience store. In June 2019, he was handed a three-year prison sentence suspended for five years with probation from the Otsu District Court.

※probation　①【法律】保護観察（期間）、執行猶予 ②見習い期間、仮採用期間、（解雇するかどうか様子を見る為の）観察期間

【語源】フランス語probare　テストする、試す

・All new employees are put on probation for three months.(全ての新入社員は3カ月の試用期間が課せられる)

新庄さんを知る関係者は「リーダーシップがあり、人望も厚かった」「穏やかで、恨みを買う人ではない」と言います。

A person associated with the race venue who worked with Shinjo said, “He was always so peaceful. I never thought someone could hold a grudge against him.”

※grudge=恨み、悪意、怨恨、怨念　英英：a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will

※～に恨みを抱く＝hold/harbor/nurse/bear a grudge against 人

・A grudge over food is deeper than the ocean.　(食べ物の恨みは恐ろしい)

その後、飯塚が保護観察に対して不満を漏らすSNSが見つかり、警察は計画的犯行とみて捜査をしています。

Multiple posts decrying the probation system were found on X, formerly Twitter, which were made via an account believed to belong to the suspect, Kohei Iitsuka.

※decry公然と非難する、貶す、ののしる、罵倒する

Shiga Prefectural Police believe that Iitsuka, 35, may have carried out a premeditated attack against Hiroshi Shinjo, 60, out of dissatisfaction with his probation.

※premeditated attack計画的攻撃　premeditate前もって考える、計画する、予謀する

※out of disssatisfaction不満から

明治時代に篤志家が刑務所の出所者を支援したのが保護司の始まりですが、時代の変容の中、社会奉仕の精神に頼るのにも限界もあります。

Volunteer probation officers originated in the Meiji era (1868-1912) when charitable people provided support to individuals released from prison, and the system is based on the spirit of social service. In recent years, however, local communities have changed, and there are limits to relying on charitable persons.