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Ex-Nissan director Greg Kelly awaits verdict in Carlos Ghosn case in Japan after countless failed appeals for US visit
- The 65-year-old American, arrested in Japan in 2018, is awaiting verdict in a case in which he is accused of helping his former boss under-report his income
- Kelly, who denied wrongdoing, has been longing to be with his family in the US after a court rejected his fourth application to leave Japan
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More than three years after he was arrested in Tokyo and charged with conspiring to funnel money to former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, Greg Kelly has another three months to wait before a court hands down its ruling.
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The final hearing in the trial against Kelly, a former board member of one of Japan’s biggest car makers and head of human resources, took place on July 8.
With a decision in the case – where the prosecution is demanding a two-year prison term – not expected until next March, the 65-year-old will be spending another Christmas away from his family in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kelly found himself in this predicament after the Tokyo District Court turned down his fourth application to visit his family and consult his personal doctors in the US.
As well as suffering from what he describes as “specific age-related conditions,” Kelly had planned to undergo delicate neck fusion surgery just two weeks before he was summoned to Japan by Nissan to attend a board meeting and arrested on arrival in Tokyo.
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