A Japan court has sentenced an American father-son duo who helped Carlos Ghosn flee to between 20 months and two years in prison. TOKYO: A Japan court on Monday sentenced an American father-son duo who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee the country to between 20 months and two years in prison.
They had been facing up to three years in prison over the escape, which US prosecutors described as"one of the most brazen and well-orchestrated escape acts in recent history".The pair had both apologised in previous hearings, expressing remorse for helping Ghosn jump bail as he awaited trial in 2019.
According to the prosecution, the Ghosn family paid the Taylors more than US$860,000 for preparation and logistical costs, and US$500,000 in cryptocurrency for lawyers' fees.Ghosn's escape started with him simply walking out of his luxury central Tokyo residence on Dec 29, 2019, and taking a shinkansen bullet train to Osaka in western Japan.
Ghosn transited in Turkey before arriving in Lebanon, which has no extradition treaty with Japan and has resisted calls from Tokyo to return the fugitive to face justice.The fallout from the saga that began in 2018 with Ghosn's spectacular arrest in Tokyo has been vast.