A 60-Year-Old Mother Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Cruelly Beating Her Son, Who Was Hit 2,000 Times and Lowered His Head...

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A mother in her 60s who was prosecuted for causing the death of her son after beating him over 2,000 times was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

The Daegu District Court's 12th Criminal Division (Chief Judge Lee Gyu-cheol) announced on the 20th at the sentencing hearing that it sentenced the mother, Ms. A, who was charged with murder and other offenses, to 7 years in prison.

Initially, the police had sent the case to prosecution without detention on charges of injury resulting in death, but the prosecution viewed it as murder, detained the suspect, and brought her to trial.

According to the court, based on the evidence submitted by the prosecution alone, it was difficult to prove that the defendant had the intent to kill the victim, so instead of murder charges, the court applied charges of injury resulting in death within the same scope of the indictment.

Ms. A is accused of beating her son B (in his 30s), who was a civil service exam candidate, with a bamboo stick and her feet for about 150 minutes, hitting his head and upper body over 2,000 times in the name of corporal punishment on August 28 of last year, causing his death.

Son B was transported to the hospital by the dispatched 119 emergency medical team but was found to have died from secondary shock and crush syndrome.

Ms. A reportedly became angry because she thought her son showed disrespectful behavior toward her while she was disciplining him for causing trouble multiple times at a temple, and she beat the victim, who was kneeling, all over his body with a bamboo stick.

When the victim, complaining of pain, tried to get up and leave, she pulled him back and continued to beat him, and she also kicked the victim’s head, which was lying face down on the floor, continuing the assault.

The court stated, “The method of the crime was extremely harsh over a long period, and the result is very serious, so the culpability is very heavy. The victim likely suffered considerable physical and mental pain until death, and among the bereaved family, the victim’s father demands severe punishment.”

The court explained the sentencing by saying, “However, the defendant believed, mistakenly, that corporal punishment could be used for discipline and caused death through assault. It does not appear that she foresaw the fatal outcome and committed the crime intentionally. Considering that she admitted her wrongdoing and showed remorse, that she was the only family member who protected and cared for the victim, and that she will have to live with the guilt and pain of losing her son due to her own fault, we have taken these factors into account.”

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