"Close the Window Because It's Noisy When Stabbing with a Knife"...First Trial of Teenage Brothers Who Killed the Grandmother Who Raised Them

The trial of teenage siblings accused of murdering their grandmother (parricide) was held on the 28th at the Daegu District Court Seobu Branch. The photo is unrelated to the article content. [Photo by Asia Economy DB]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The prosecution's charges in the first trial of the Daegu high school student brothers accused of brutally stabbing their biological grandmother to death with a weapon were a series of atrocities.

The 1st Criminal Division of the Daegu District Court Seobu Branch (Presiding Judge Kim Jeong-il) held the first hearing on the 28th for A (18), who stood trial for killing a family member, and his younger brother B (16), who is accused of assisting in the crime (aiding in killing a family member).

The brothers, dressed in green prison uniforms, showed calm expressions throughout the trial.

A is accused of killing his grandmother with a weapon around 12:10 a.m. on August 30 at their home in Bisan-dong, Seo-gu, Daegu, after getting angry at her nagging, and also attempted to kill his grandfather who witnessed the crime but failed.

The night before the incident, on August 29, after being scolded by his grandmother about his behavior at home, A sent a KakaoTalk message to his younger brother B, urging him to "kill grandmother."

When the grandmother tried to hide in her room during the incident, A brought a weapon from the kitchen and stabbed her about 60 times in the back and side. The grandmother died from penetrating wounds to her heart and lungs.

After the grandmother collapsed, A shamelessly showed 'filial impiety' by saying to his grandfather, "It seems grandmother is gone, do you want to go together too?"

When the grandfather, who witnessed the incident, pleaded, "Let's take grandmother to the hospital," A replied, "Grandmother is already gone, why take her to the hospital? You should follow her now."

A's further acts of filial impiety were stopped when his younger brother B said, "Let's not kill grandfather."

When A was killing their grandmother, B obediently helped by immediately closing the window after hearing A say, "The sound of stabbing with the knife is loud, close the window."

The prosecution stated, "During the investigation, A testified that he planned to repeatedly live in prison by exploiting South Korea's legal system that does not carry out the death penalty, showing a disregard for life and a risk of committing murder again," and requested the court to order electronic monitoring and probation for A.

In the trial, the brothers admitted all the charges brought by the prosecution. However, A's lawyer requested the court to dismiss the electronic monitoring order.

The next hearing is scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. on December 6 at the Daegu District Court Seobu Branch.

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