Is It a Divine Move... Baduk Leads to a Knife Fight

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] A man in his 60s who attempted to kill his neighbor after losing in Baduk was sentenced to the same prison term in the appellate court as in the original trial.

According to the legal community on the 14th, the 1st Criminal Division of the Gwangju High Court (Presiding Judge Lee Seung-chul) dismissed both the defendant's and the prosecutor's appeals in the appellate trial of A (69), who was sentenced to 4 years in prison in the first trial on charges of attempted murder.

A was prosecuted for attempting to kill his neighbor B (71) by hitting B's back and chest with a metal pipe (78 cm in length) and stabbing him three times with a sharp weapon on the wooden floor of his home in a region of Jeonnam on the afternoon of September 27 last year.

A became angry after losing in Baduk, and after hearing B say, "We can just play one more game, why are you angry?" he became enraged in the moment and committed this crime.

He reached an agreement with B and obtained a statement of no desire for punishment, and argued that there was no intent to kill.

The court stated, "He attempted to infringe upon a life of absolute value, and considering the tools used, the attacked areas, and the possibility of death resulting, the culpability is heavy," and explained the sentencing reason by saying, "Considering various circumstances including the fact that he has a record of 15 prior violent crime convictions and was sentenced to a suspended prison term for injury around 2010."

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