Chisako Kakehi sentenced to hang after tricking elderly lovers into drinking cyanide and pocketing millions in insurance payouts and inheritanceA Japanese court has sentenced to death a one-time millionairess dubbed the “Black Widow”, who tricked elderly lovers into drinking cyanide and pocketed millions in insurance payouts and inheritance. Kyoto District Court sentenced Chisako Kakehi, 70, over the murder of three men – including a husband – and the attempted murder of another, ending a high-profile case that has gripped the country. Kakehi became notorious after using the poison cyanide to dispatch a number of elderly men she was involved with, drawing comparisons with the spider that kills its mate after copulation. “Even if I were executed tomorrow, I would die smiling,” Kakehi told judges. But her lawyers reportedly plan to appeal to a higher court, suggesting the high-profile trial could yet drag on.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 04:36 UTC