An 81-year-old man pushed his disabled wife into the sea, claiming that he was “tired of taking care of her” for the last 40 years.
Japanese authorities apprehended Hiroshi Fujiwara in his home in the town of Oiso on Thursday, after the couple’s eldest son called the police and told them: “My father said he pushed my mother [into the sea].”
Mr Fujiwara pled guilty and admitted to the charges after telling police that on November 3, at about 5.30pm local time, he drove his 79-year-old wheelchair-bound wife, Teruko, to a pier in Oiso and pushed her into the water.
