Husband with a Heart of Stone Raped Wife with Intellectual Disability Alongside Acquaintance... "I'll Spread Rumors"

Repeated Rape of Wife by Acquaintance... "I Will Spread Rumors" Threats
Prosecutors Demand 9 Years Imprisonment

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] The prosecution has requested a 9-year prison sentence for a man in his 40s who repeatedly raped his intellectually disabled wife with an acquaintance.

On the 30th, the Jeju District Prosecutors' Office, during the sentencing hearing held at the Jeju District Court's 2nd Criminal Division (Presiding Judge Jang Chan-su), requested prison terms of 9 years and 7 years respectively for A (44) and B (50), who were indicted on charges including violation of the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (special rape).

Along with this, the prosecution asked the court to issue orders for A and B to disclose and notify their personal information, complete a sexual violence treatment program, restrict employment at child and youth-related institutions and welfare facilities for the disabled for 10 years, and attach electronic monitoring devices (electronic anklets) for 10 years.

According to the prosecution's charges, A and B raped A's wife, victim C, five times at A's residence in March 2019. At the time of the crime, A threatened his wife C by saying, "I will spread rumors that you have been having sexual relations with other men."

In addition, A is also accused of assaulting C around October 2019 by kicking her buttocks because she refused his sexual demands.

The prosecution emphasized to the court, "The defendants jointly raped a mentally vulnerable victim, and especially in A's case, despite having been previously sentenced to prison for a similar crime, he committed the offense again," and urged, "Please consider that the victim is pleading for severe punishment against the defendants."

In his final defense, A's lawyer claimed, "The defendant did not know that the victim had a mental disability and did not realize that the victim felt pressured by him, which led to the crime."

B's lawyer stated, "The defendant is a person with severe intellectual disability at the level of a second-grade elementary school student, so he could not refuse the somewhat unreasonable demands of his friend A, and also did not interpret the victim's refusal as a genuine rejection, which led to his involvement in the crime."

The sentencing is scheduled for November 4.

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