Chinese Man Brutally Kills Wife Amid Divorce Lawsuit... Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hana Na] A Chinese man in his 60s was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the court for brutally murdering his wife by trespassing into her home through the plumbing after she refused to meet him during their divorce lawsuit.

On the 3rd, the Bucheon Branch of Incheon District Court (1st Criminal Division, Judge Im Hae-ji) announced that A (63, Chinese nationality), who was detained and indicted on charges of murder, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

A is accused of stabbing his Chinese wife B (61) to death with a weapon at her home in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, at 11:03 p.m. on April 18.

A began monitoring B’s daily life, suspecting her of infidelity. In March, during an argument with B over a ritual for A’s elder brother, B said, “In China, ten people like you would be shot dead.” Angered by this, B eventually left the house.

In April, B asked A to “agree to extend my stay in South Korea if you sign the divorce papers.”

Afterwards, A met B and submitted a joint divorce application to the court, then demanded “the house under your name,” but was refused. Thinking he might get divorced without receiving any property, A called B dozens of times and visited her home. When she ignored him and refused to meet, he climbed the air conditioner piping installed on the exterior wall of her home and entered through the veranda, brutally murdering her.

The court stated, “The defendant, while proceeding with the divorce, trespassed into his wife’s home after she was not allowed to live in his house, and when communication failed, he indiscriminately assaulted her with a weapon, fists, and feet, killing her. The circumstances and nature of the crime are extremely bad, and the method of the crime is cruel beyond measure.”

It added, “Even before March, when their marriage was effectively broken, the defendant insisted on violent sexual relations to the point that the wife complained of suffering to those around her. When she tried to avoid sexual relations, he baselessly suspected her of infidelity and frequently threatened to ‘kill her.’ The day after the crime, he moved the wife’s body to the veranda, discarded the murder weapon, took her cellphone, credit card, and bankbook, and fled around Incheon and Busan before being arrested. His behavior shows no respect or compassion for the person he was once married to.”

However, the court noted, “Considering that the defendant admitted to the crime and it does not appear that he had a definite intention to kill his wife, the sentence was determined accordingly.”

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