'Inha University Sexual Assault and Fall Death' Perpetrator Charged with Murder (Update 2)

A, a first-year male student (20), accused of sexually assaulting a female student 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 for a pre-arrest detention hearing. 2022.7.17
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] A male student who attempted to sexually assault a female student on the Inha University campus and fell to his death from a building has been charged with murder.

The Incheon District Prosecutors' Office Women's and Children's Crime Investigation Division (Chief Prosecutor Gumiok) announced on the 9th that the charge against A (20), a first-year student at Inha University who was transferred from the police on charges including quasi-rape resulting in death, has been changed to murder under the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, and he has been detained and prosecuted.

The prosecution also included the charge of filming and distributing using a camera, which was applied to A during the police investigation stage, in the indictment.

A is accused of attempting to sexually assault B, a first-year female student at the university, in a five-story college building on the Inha University campus in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, in the early hours of the 15th of last month, and falling from the third floor, resulting in his death.

He is also accused of filming the crime scene using his mobile phone.

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