Supreme Court Confirms 18-Year Sentence for Intellectually Disabled Man Who Conspired to Murder Girlfriend's Father Opposing Their Marriage

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] A man with an intellectual disability who killed his girlfriend's father, who ignored him and opposed their marriage, has been sentenced to prison.

The Supreme Court's 2nd Division (Presiding Justice Ahn Cheol-sang) announced on the 31st that it upheld the 18-year prison sentence in the appellate trial of Mr. A, who was charged with parricide.

During the trial, Mr. A claimed that he was in a state of diminished mental capacity at the time of the crime due to his intellectual disability, but the Supreme Court did not accept this.

The court stated, "Considering the method of the crime and the behavior before and after, it is difficult to see that Mr. A was in a state of diminished mental capacity at the time of the crime."

Mr. A is accused of stabbing B's father, the father of his girlfriend B, multiple times with a weapon while B's father was drunk and asleep at B's house in Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, in April last year, causing his death.

Mr. A testified during the police investigation that B's father opposed the marriage with his daughter and spoke to him disrespectfully, and that he committed the crime in collusion with B.

Both Mr. A and Ms. B were classified as level 3 intellectually disabled.

The first trial sentenced Mr. A and Ms. B to 18 years and 15 years in prison, respectively.

They appealed, arguing that due to their intellectual disabilities, they were in a state of diminished mental capacity at the time of the crime and that the sentences handed down in the first trial were excessive.

However, the second trial dismissed their appeals, ruling that there was no error in the first trial's judgment.

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