Joji Obara (織原 城二 Obara Jōji, born 1952 in Osaka, Japan) is a convicted rapist who was accused of the rape and subsequent deaths of two women, British hostess Lucie Blackman in the summer of 2000 and Australian Carita Ridgeway in 1992, and the rapes of six other women.Read Full Story
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Chronology of the disappearance of the British bar hostess in Japan Read the rest of this story at: http://www.bad-news-day.com --- Additional info about the Joji Obara case: Blackman's father had this to say about the court ruling: Although the result is not the absolute decision we had hoped for, it is still an obvious recognition of guilt. After such a long time it is clear that it was necessary for this protracted process to get any degree of result and some form of justice for Lucie, but...Read Full Story
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Terry Kirby Last updated at 8:32 AM on 17th December 2008
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Lucie Blackman started working as a hostess to pay off credit card debt The family of Lucie Blackman were finally granted a form of justice today as a Japanese property tycoon was convicted of kidnapping the British bar hostess and dismembering her. However, their sense of vindication was tempered by the fact that he was cleared of murdering the former British Airways stewardess...Read Full Story
A Japanese serial rapist - found guilty of kidnapping, attempting to rape and dismembering British hostess Lucie Blackman - has been jailed for life.Read Full Story
FoylesRichard Lloyd Parry and Tobias Jones - Crime, Evil, Wickedness and JusticeFoylesRichard Lloyd Parry (right), an award-winning foreign correspondent, has followed the case since Lucie's disappearance, delving into the mind and background of the man accused of the crime - Joji Obara, described by the judge as 'unprecedented and ...
Businessman Joji Obara has been cleared by a court in Japan of raping and killing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman after a trial which started in 2003.
THROUGHOUT his strange life, and the various identities that he created for himself, Joji Obara fled ... How the bubble burst for Lucie's alleged killer Five years ago Lucie Blackman, a British ba
Police arrested a former property developer, Joji Obara, in relation to Blackman’s death. Mr Obara, who has pleaded not guilty, was charged with abduction, assaults resulting in death, mutilation ..
They finally got their suspect on Oct. 12 when a 48-year-old Japanese businessman named Joji Obara was detained in connection with Lucie's disappearance.
Reuters UK - One-time property developer Joji Obara, 54, had been charged with 10 cases of rape, including drugging, raping and killing Blackman, a 21-year-old former British Airways flight attendant