A former Aum Shinrikyo lawyer was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to kill attorney Taro Takimoto with sarin gas in May 1994.
The Tokyo District Court also found Yoshinobu Aoyama, 40, guilty on eight other charges, including slandering a company president, harboring Aum fugitive Takeshi Matsumoto and submitting false documents to local authorities.
Prosecutors in December demanded that an unrepentant Aoyama be sentenced to 15 years.