Man arrested for stalking woman repeatedly placed notes in her handbag

Japan Today -- Feb 11

A 33-year-old man arrested on suspicion of stalking a woman in Tokyo repeatedly placed handwritten notes with his contact details inside the woman’s handbag.

Police said Kohei Miura, a company employee, has been charged with violating the anti-stalking law, Fuji TV reported. According to the warrant, Miura approached the woman, who is in her 20s, in his neighborhood in Shibuya Ward between May 2020 and January this year. The two did not know each other, police said.

In addition to following her to supermarkets and convenience stores, Miura placed a note with his contact information, including Line ID, inside her open handbag three times. The handwritten note read, “If this isn’t too much trouble . . .”

Police said Miura, who was arrested on Tuesday, has denied stalking the woman and quoted him as saying, “I don’t even know who she is, and I never followed her.”

Feb 11 (ANNnewsCH) - 「ご迷惑じゃなかったら」との書き出しで、自分の連絡先を書いたメモを女性のかばんに繰り返し入れていた疑いで、33歳の男が逮捕された。 会社員の三浦洸平容疑者(33)は、2020年から2021年にかけて、近所に住む知人ではない女性(20代)に近づき、自分の連絡先を書いたメモを、女性のかばんに3回入れたほか、スーパーやコンビニでつきまとったりした、ストーカー規制法違反の疑いが持たれている。 メモには、「ご迷惑じゃなかったら...」とのメッセージに続き、連絡先が書かれていた。 調べに対し、三浦容疑者は「誰だか知らないし、つきまとっていません」と容疑を否認しているが、同様のメモを入れられた10人以上の女性から相談が寄せられていて、警視庁は余罪を調べている。