Murderer of Japanese woman in Bali jailed for 20 years

"Murderer of Japanese Woman in Bali Jailed for 20 Years ›." Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion. Web. 04 May 2010. .

A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced an Indonesian man Monday to 20 years in jail for murdering a Japanese female tourist last year. The Denpasar District Court found David Goltar Wicaksono, 26, guilty of murdering Rika Sano, 33, after sexually assaulting her in the Kuta beach area last September. Police found Sano’s half-naked body in bushes on an unattended plot of land near the famous beach last year. According to the verdict, Wicaksono first tried to rape Sano’s friend Mayumi Someya, who escaped by running away to her hotel. While Someya was away reporting the attack to police, Wicaksono went to the hotel posing as a policeman and lured Sano away to the area of the bushes, where he raped and then murdered her by beating her head with a log. He then returned to her hotel room and stole her property.

I think that this man is a coward in doing this because he has no self respect. I feel sorry for the women he raped and killed. People who do this, in my point of view should just be put away for a very long time to think about what they have done and then be put in their place.