On Mar. 2 a court in Kyoto announced that in a case dated Feb. 17 it had ruled against an unemployed local man, 68, charged with ignoring police officers' orders and driving onto the course of National High School Ekiden while the girls' race was underway last December in Kyoto. The court issued an order for the man to pay a fine of 50,000 yen [~$470 USD].
According to the man's indictment, at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Dec. 22 last year the man ignored the directions of Kyoto Prefectural Police officers and drove his car onto Gojo Avenue, which was closed to traffic, at the Nishikoji intersection on what was the race's 5.0 km anchor stage.
translated by Brett Larner
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