'Eunhae Lee of the "Valley Murder Case" Appeals Life Sentence... To the Supreme Court'

Lee Eun-hae (32), who was sentenced to life imprisonment in both the first and second trials for the "Valley Murder Case," has appealed the verdict.

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According to the legal community on the 1st, Lee Eun-hae submitted a notice of appeal to the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 6-1 (Presiding Judges Won Jong-chan, Park Won-cheol, Lee Ui-young) on the same day.

The second trial stated, "While there are elements of gaslighting related to the psychological dominance relationship between the victim and Lee Eun-hae, it is unclear whether she exercised control," and judged it as indirect (omission) murder for deliberately not saving the victim who was drowning. However, since Lee Eun-hae committed two attempted murders and murder aiming for 800 million won in insurance money, and claimed the insurance money without remorse and fled, she was sentenced to life imprisonment as in the first trial.

The prosecution has not yet submitted a notice of appeal. Since they have argued that Lee Eun-hae directly murdered the victim Yoon through psychological domination called "gaslighting," it is expected that they will appeal soon.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court is expected to make the final judgment on the nature of Lee Eun-hae's murder charges.

Lee Eun-hae and her accomplice Jo Hyun-soo (31) were indicted on charges of causing Yoon to drown and killing him at Yongsogye Valley in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, around June 30, 2019. They are also accused of attempting to kill Yoon in February and May 2019 by feeding him food mixed with pufferfish poison and other substances or by making him fall into fishing pond water.

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