A man in his 20s stabs and kills a college classmate who bullied him... also skips rent and uses abusive language

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] A man in his 20s who stabbed a university peer multiple times with a weapon, killing him, has been sentenced to a heavy prison term.

The Changwon District Court Criminal Division 2 (Presiding Judge Lee Jeong-hyun) announced on the 20th that A (21), who was tried on charges of murder and other offenses for killing a university peer who had been harassing him and skipping rent payments, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

On September 7 last year, A stabbed the university peer multiple times with a weapon in a one-room villa in Gyeongnam where he was living, killing him.

A and B, whom he met after entering university, had agreed to split the rent of the one-room apartment equally and live together, but B did not keep this promise, which caused A to have negative feelings toward B. Moreover, B was known to have frequently harassed A with insults and mockery.

On the day of the incident, when B provoked A by suggesting wrestling and choking A's neck, A could not tolerate it and ultimately committed the crime.

The court stated, "Even though the victim had been harassing the defendant regularly, murder of another person is the most serious crime that cannot be justified for any reason," and added, "Considering that the defendant surrendered to the authorities by calling 112 immediately after the crime, the sentence is determined accordingly."

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