Court Sentences Adult PC Bang Employee to 15 Years for Killing Customer Over Fee Dispute

Seoul Central District Court, Seocho-dong, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] An adult PC cafe employee was sentenced to a heavy prison term for stabbing a customer to death with a weapon after a dispute over payment.

The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 27 (Presiding Judge Kim Seon-il) sentenced Hong Mo, who was indicted on charges including murder, to 15 years in prison on the 12th. The court also ordered Hong to wear an electronic location tracking device for 10 years.

The court stated, "There was no one else at the scene besides the defendant, and there are clear signs of a dispute between the defendant and the victim," adding, "DNA analysis results showed no one other than the defendant and the victim, and the defendant had conversations with acquaintances indicating that he 'caused an accident,'" thereby recognizing guilt.

Hong was indicted for stabbing a customer in his 50s multiple times with a weapon, resulting in death, during a dispute over payment at an adult PC cafe in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, in the early morning of January 3.

During the trial, Hong argued that the perpetrator was right-handed according to the National Forensic Service's analysis, while he himself is left-handed, but this claim was not accepted.

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