Life Sentence for Go Yoo-jeong in 'Murder of Ex-Husband and Stepson' Case (Update 2)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Ko Yoo-jeong, who was arrested and indicted on charges of murdering her ex-husband and stepson, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial.

The Jeju District Court Criminal Division 2 (Chief Judge Jeong Bong-gi) held the sentencing hearing for this case on the afternoon of the 20th and delivered this sentence to the defendant Ko Yoo-jeong. Ko Yoo-jeong was tried on charges of stabbing her ex-husband Kang Mo with a weapon and killing him at a pension in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, on the afternoon of May 25 last year, then mutilating and disposing of the body. In September last year, during the first trial, she was additionally indicted on charges of murdering her stepson. During the trial, Ko Yoo-jeong claimed the killing of her ex-husband was an impulsive crime and pleaded not guilty to the charges regarding her stepson.

The court recognized the charges of murder of the ex-husband and corpse mutilation and concealment presented by the prosecution but acquitted her of the stepson murder charges. The court stated, "It is difficult to acknowledge the charges due to a lack of direct evidence." Earlier, the prosecution had demanded the death penalty for Ko Yoo-jeong at the sentencing hearing last month.

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