'Alleged Murder of Ex-Husband and Stepson by Go Yoo-jeong... What is the Supreme Court's Decision?'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] The court's final verdict on Go Yu-jeong, who is accused of murdering her ex-husband and stepson, will be announced on the 5th. Go is on trial for killing her ex-husband Mr. A, dismembering his body, and abandoning it, as well as for killing her stepson. Previously, both the first and second trials found her guilty only of the murder and abandonment of her ex-husband’s body, sentencing her to life imprisonment.

At 10:10 a.m. on this day, the Supreme Court’s First Division (Presiding Justice Kim Seonsu) will hold the sentencing hearing for Go’s appeal trial, where she is charged with murder, mutilation of a corpse, and concealment of a corpse.

It was revealed that in May of last year, Go gave sleeping pills to her ex-husband Mr. A at a pension in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, put him to sleep, and then stabbed him multiple times with a weapon, killing him. She is also accused of dismembering and abandoning the body.

In court, Go claimed that she acted impulsively by stabbing Mr. A after nearly being sexually assaulted and that the crime was not premeditated. However, both the first and second trials recognized it as a planned murder. Key evidence included the absence of signs of sexual assault, Go’s purchase of sleeping pills and a weapon before Mr. A’s death, and her internet searches on "how to remove bloodstains." It is also known that Go taught her son, whom she had with Mr. A, to regard her remarried husband as his biological father, but when she could not avoid visitation with her son due to Mr. A’s demands, she decided to commit the crime.

The first trial sentenced her to life imprisonment, stating, "The victim’s family is pleading for severe punishment due to the grief of not even being able to find the body, and the biological son lost his father due to this tragic crime. The defendant ignored the pain of the victim and the family and shifted the responsibility of the crime onto the victim." The second trial also sentenced Go to life imprisonment, concluding that she had planned the murder of her ex-husband.

Regarding the charge of killing her stepson, both the first and second trials did not find her guilty. They judged that it could not be ruled out that the child died from being pressed under his sleeping father’s leg. They also found it difficult to specify the motive, cause, or time of death based solely on the prosecution’s evidence.

However, if the Supreme Court judges that the second trial’s acquittal on the charge of killing the stepson was incorrect, there is a possibility that the sentence could change in the retrial.

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