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But Hayashi, 52, who is currently serving a lifetime sentence, told the Tokyo District Court that he and other cult members who took part in the incident are also accountable. He blamed himself for consciously abusing his code of ethics and administering a second dose of an anesthetic in the hopes it would act as a truth serum.
The cult allegedly abducted Kariya from a Tokyo street on Feb. 28, 1995, to ask the whereabouts of his sister, who was a follower and had been offering large sums of money to Aum.