Step-mother to murder her step-son bag imprisonment, 25 years imprisonment for appeal

A woman in her 40s, who confined her stepson in a suitcase and killed her, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, which is heavier than the lower court.

The first criminal division of the Daejeon High Court (Deputy Judge Lee Jun-myung) was sentenced to 25 years in prison, which was three years longer than the lower court in the appeal hearing of Mr. A (43, female), who was charged with murder and child abuse and special injuries under the Child Welfare Act on the 29th. Sentenced. It also ordered restrictions on employment of institutions related to children and youth for 10 years. The order to attach a location tracking electronic device requested by the prosecution was rejected.

Judge “Make the victim, whom he called his mother, killed by vicious crime”
The judge said, “The defendant routinely assaulted and abused the dead victim, locked him in a suitcase, and then jumped up on his bag with his children,” and said, “The victim who expressed affection by calling the defendant his mother was killed by a vicious and cruel crime.” It was fantastic.

“All children must grow up in a stable and harmonious environment and be protected from violence and neglect,” he said. “Considering the situation in which they would slowly stop breathing after being victimized in a dark and narrow bag, a corresponding severe punishment is necessary.” Explained why.

Mr. A, who submitted 12 remissions to the court at the first trial, submitted ten remorse and appeals to the court of appeal, and expressed repentance, but the court did not accept it.

On June 1, last year, at 12:30 p.m. in an apartment in Baekseok-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Mr. A confined his stepson B (then 9 years old) in a travel bag and died of’hypoxic brain injury’ the same month. He was prosecuted on the 29th.

As a result of the prosecution and police investigation, Mr. A was imprisoned in a suitcase for not listening to him, and after talking with an acquaintance for more than 30 minutes, he went out for about 3 hours. When Group B complained of difficulty breathing, it turned out that he and his two children jumped up on the bag and blown hot air with a hairdryer. Even though the cries and movements of the child who cried and prayed for “please release” from the bag decreased, they were left unattended.

The first trial court, Cheonan Branch of the Daejeon District Court (Chief Judge Chae Dae-won), sentenced to 22 years in prison at the first trial trial held on September 16 last year. Immediately after the sentence of the first trial, both the prosecution and Mr. A each appealed for’unfair sentencing’.

At the time, the first trial judge said, “The defendant was able to recognize that acts such as trapping the victim in a bag and running and blowing hot air are more likely to die.” “The defendant submitted numerous reflections, but he truly repented and regretted it. I doubted whether it was, and I couldn’t even find the sympathy of Ilman.

The police who investigated this case applied the charges of child abuse and lethality to Mr. A and sent it to the prosecution. However, the prosecution did not immediately report to 119 paramedics after seeing that Mr. A imprisoned Army B in a narrow bag (2 pieces) for a long time, jumped on the bag, sealed the bag with tape, and the child who showed signs of abnormality. The murder charge was applied on the basis of the point.

At the first trial of the appeal trial held on November 18 last year, prosecutors who were in charge of the investigation came out unusually and argued that the sentence was unfair. The prosecution requested that the defendant be sentenced to life imprisonment, such as the first trial sentence, saying, “Because the defendant has an attitude of denying the crime and it is a crime committed against children, severe punishment is necessary.”

On the other hand, Mr. A’s attorney refuted, saying, “Even though (the defendant) did not have intention of murder, the first trial court misunderstood the facts,” and said, “We admit the abuse charges, but we cannot admit the habituality and intentionality.” Some argued that “the sentence is too heavy.”

In the course of the appeal trial, which has been held since November of last year, more than 30 petitions to the effect of “putting the defendant in severe punishment” were filed with the court. It is said that most of them are asked to be sentenced to life imprisonment according to the prosecution’s wish. At the first trial, 2,793 people signed online, and petitions and complaints were filed with the court.

Immediately after being sentenced to the appeal court, the survivors of Army A, who died, said, “I thought the death penalty or life imprisonment deserved, but I was fortunate that the sentence was increased from the first trial,” and said, “The defendant submitted a reflection statement, but it was an act to cover up his sins.

Daejeon = Reporter Shin Jinho [email protected]