A man in his 40s who murdered a co-worker over a misunderstanding of his wife's sexual assault

A civil servant in his 40s who killed his wife with a weapon because he misunderstood her as sexually assaulting her was sentenced to 15 years in prison. On the 1st, the 15th Criminal Department (judge Lee Kyu-hoon) of the Incheon District Court sentenced a man in his 40s to 15 years in prison who was arrested for murder and drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act. "The defendant committed the crime because he suspected that the victim sexually assaulted his spouse without any basis," the court said. "He drove a car drunk, visited the victim, stabbed the abdomen and side several times, and continued to kick the fallen victim." "We failed to agree with the bereaved family, and the bereaved family was greatly traumatized. As the case was reported to the media, the victim's reputation was damaged because the defendant's vague suspicion could be accepted as if it were true, he said. "However, the sentence was decided in consideration of the fact that he admitted the charges and committed the crime without overcoming the momentary anger." Earlier, A was arrested and indicted on charges of stabbing and killing B (52), a public official, with a weapon three times on an island in Ongjin-gun, Incheon, at 0:05 a.m. on July 12. He misunderstood that his wife was sexually assaulted by B when he was drinking with his group at his house before the incident. A, who drove about 4 kilometers drunk and visited B, reported to 112 himself after committing the crime, saying, "I killed my friend." A and B were colleagues working together at the Myeon office. A is known to have stated to the police, "I misunderstood because I was drunk," and "I don't know why." His wife also said in an investigation she received as a reference that she had never been sexually assaulted.

Date: 2022-12-13

Reporter: 서화목 ​