30s Mother Who Threw and Killed 9-Month-Old Baby After Fighting with Husband Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Gwangju District Court Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Seong-yeol] A mother in her 30s who was charged with throwing her 9-month-old baby in the apartment hallway after a fight with her husband, resulting in the child's death, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The Gwangju District Court's 11th Criminal Division (Chief Judge Song Gak-yeop) announced on the 7th that it sentenced A (37, female), who was charged with murder, to 10 years in prison.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "There are mitigating circumstances such as the defendant's admission of the crime and her diminished mental capacity due to intellectual disability. However, murder is a crime that deprives the fundamental right to life, making the nature of the crime very serious."

It added, "The victim was a 9-month-old child who could not protect themselves at all and had to rely on their biological mother, A. However, A committed the crime because she felt stressed and irritated. The victim's life ended for an utterly unacceptable reason."

A was charged with killing the 9-month-old infant by throwing the child in the hallway on the 5th floor of an apartment in Seo-gu, Gwangju, at around 6:20 a.m. on July 18 last year.

A, who has an intellectual disability, was investigated to have left the house with her 9-month-old child after a dispute with her common-law husband B.

Since B changed the apartment password, A was unable to enter the house for nearly two hours, and in anger, she reportedly threw the child she was holding out into the hallway.

A knocked on the door and rang the doorbell, but B, who has a hearing impairment, was asleep without his hearing aid and could not hear the sound.

During the police investigation, A reportedly stated, "I threw the child in a fit of anger because B did not open the door."

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