Tokyo High Court grants retrial to Nepalese man

Tokyo High Court grants retrial to Nepalese man

TOKYO, Japan - Radha Mainali (2nd from R, front row) and her eldest daughter Mithila (R, front row) and second daughter Alisha (3rd from R, front row) pose for photos in front of the Tokyo High Court on June 7, 2012, after hearing that the court decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which Govinda Prasad Mainali, Radha's husband and Mithila and Alisha's father, was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo.

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