Suspect in Inha University Sexual Assault and Death Case Appears for Warrant Hearing: "I'm Sorry"

A, a first-year male student (20), accused of sexually assaulting a female peer on the Inha University campus and causing her death by falling from a building, is entering the Incheon District Court on the afternoon of the 17th to undergo a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing).
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] In connection with the death of a female university student on the Inha University campus, the suspect appeared at the Incheon District Court on the 17th for a detention hearing.

A (20), a first-year student at Inha University accused of quasi-rape and death, appeared before the media that day with his face mostly covered by a hat and mask, and bound with a restraint rope.

When asked by reporters, "Do you admit to the charge of sexual assault? Did you push the victim from the third floor with the intent to kill?" he did not say anything.

When asked, "Do you have anything to say to the victim?" he briefly replied, "I'm sorry."

A's detention hearing was held from 3:30 p.m. that day, presided over by Judge Go Beomjin of the Incheon District Court, and the decision on detention was expected to be made later in the afternoon.

A is accused of sexually assaulting B, a first-year female student at the same university and an acquaintance, in a college building on the Inha University campus in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, in the early hours of the 15th, and causing her death by falling from the third floor.

It was confirmed that A drank with B until the very end before she died, and that there were no other companions in the building at the time of the crime.

After drinking together with B and others, A said he would "see her off to school" and moved separately with B. CCTV near the scene captured A supporting B as they entered the school building around 1:30 a.m. that day.

Later, B was found by a passerby with her clothes torn off and bleeding heavily from her head, ears, and mouth. She was transported to the hospital by 119 emergency services in cardiac arrest and died during treatment.

In police investigations, A admitted that B died after falling from the building but reportedly stated, "I did not push B."

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