18 Jul 2014

Jurors to deliberate in Guam murder trial

5:10 pm on 18 July 2014

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating in a murder trial against a man accused of killing three Japanese tourists in a crash and stabbing rampage on Guam.

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating in a murder trial against a man accused of killing three Japanese tourists in a crash and stabbing rampage on Guam.

The Japan Times reports that closing arguments ended yesterday with the defendant Chad Ryan De Soto's lawyer reiterating his client's mental illness.

De Soto has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to charges of aggravated murder and attempted murder.

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old knew what he was doing when he drove his car down a sidewalk, crashed into a convenience store, then got out and stabbed bystanders.

Eleven others were injured in last year's attack in Tumon.