Supreme Court Confirms 35-Year Sentence for 60s Man in Yangsan Cohabiting Partner Murder Case

Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty in Both 1st and 2nd Trials... 1st Trial Sentenced Life Imprisonment → 2nd Trial Says "Life Imprisonment Too Heavy"

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] A man in his 60s who killed his common-law partner, dismembered her body, and abandoned the remains has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

The Supreme Court's 1st Division (Presiding Justice Park Jeong-hwa) announced on the 29th that it upheld the 35-year prison sentence handed down in the appellate trial of A (62), who was charged with murder, corpse mutilation, and corpse abandonment.

A was tried on charges of killing his cohabiting partner B with a weapon during an argument over gambling debts at his home in Yangsan, Gyeongnam, in November 2020. He is also accused of dismembering B's body and scattering the remains at an abandoned church site and drainage ditch near his residence, and setting fire to them.

The prosecution sought the death penalty in both the first and second trials, but the first trial sentenced him to life imprisonment. However, the second trial ruled, "It appears that A committed the crime impulsively, and compared to sentences for other serious crimes, the life sentence imposed by the first trial was too harsh," and sentenced him to 35 years in prison.

The Supreme Court also found no legal errors in the second trial's judgment.

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