Pro Golfer Sentenced to Prison in First Trial for Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend Who Ended Relationship with a Weapon

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A professional golfer who stabbed his ex-girlfriend with a weapon in an attempt to kill her after she broke up with him has been sentenced to prison.

According to the court on the 2nd, the 11th Criminal Division of the Seoul Eastern District Court (Presiding Judge Yoon Kyung-ah) sentenced professional golfer A, who was indicted on charges of attempted murder, to three years in prison on the 25th of last month.

A is accused of swinging a weapon multiple times in a hotel parking lot after his ex-girlfriend, whom he had dated for two years, notified him of the breakup in January.

Upon receiving the breakup notice, A suspected the victim of cheating and followed her until he found her car in a hotel parking lot. After threatening the victim, when she came out to the parking lot, he attacked her with a weapon he had prepared in advance. It was also investigated that after putting the victim in his car, he swung the weapon again while saying, "I will serve 10 years in prison. I am stabbing you to kill you."

The court stated the sentencing reason, saying, "He prepared the weapon in advance and waited for a long time before unilaterally attacking the victim," and considering the method and content of the crime, the nature of the offense is very serious.

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