Curry-poisoning trial attracts throngs

Curry-poisoning trial attracts throngs

Thousands of people wait for a lottery for seats to observe the trial at the Wakayama District Court on the morning of May 13 of a woman accused of murdering four people with poisoned curry. Some 5,000 people vied for 45 public gallery seats for the first hearing of the trial of Masumi Hayashi, 37, and her husband Kenji Hayashi, 54.

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