40-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Stepdaughter Over 5 Years

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] A man in his 40s was sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting and molesting his stepdaughter over a period of five years.

According to the Daegu legal community on the 24th, the Criminal Division 1 of the Daegu District Court Seobu Branch (Chief Judge Kim Jeong-il) recently sentenced A (48) to 18 years in prison on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes.

The court also ordered A to complete an 80-hour child abuse treatment program, imposed a 10-year employment restriction at child and youth-related institutions and facilities for the disabled, and placed him under probation for five years.

A was prosecuted for sexually assaulting his stepdaughter, who was a teenager in the summer of 2015, and then sexually assaulting or molesting her about once a month for over five years until July of last year. He was also accused of continuously verbally abusing and physically assaulting his biological daughter, who is younger than the stepdaughter.

The court explained the sentencing by stating, "The defendant's crimes are so horrific that they are difficult to even mention or imagine, and since they occurred within the family, causing the victim lifelong mental and physical harm that is hard to recover from, a heavy sentence commensurate with the gravity of the crime is inevitable."

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