Prosecution Submits to Court Defense Records of Lee Jae-myung's Nephew Claiming Insanity in Murder Case

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The prosecution submitted trial records to the court currently reviewing the case of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who argued for a reduced sentence due to diminished mental capacity during the defense of his nephew's murder case.

On the 21st, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office announced that it recently submitted the trial records of the nephew murder case, in which Lee had served as defense counsel, to the Seoul Central District Court Civil Division 28 (Presiding Judge Lee Yoohyung). Lee had previously taken on the defense of his nephew, who committed a dating-related murder, which sparked controversy. In response, the bereaved family filed a civil lawsuit for damages in December last year, and since Lee's side did not submit a detailed response, they requested the disclosure of the criminal case records.

Meanwhile, Lee's nephew, Kim Mo, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the May 2006 incident in which he went to the home of A, with whom he had been dating but had broken up, and attacked A and A's mother with a weapon, killing them both in succession. Subsequently, A's father suffered mental distress for over ten years, and A's grandparents reportedly died consecutively in November of the year the incident occurred and December of the following year due to the shock.

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