[Breaking] 'Sindang Station Murder' Jeon Joohwan Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Second Trial

Jeon Juhwan, the murderer in the 'Sindang Station Stalking' case, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the second trial.

Suspect Jeon Juhwan in the 'Sindang Station Stalking Murder Case' is being transferred to the prosecution after being released from Namdaemun Police Station in Jung-gu, Seoul, on September 21 last year.

On the afternoon of the 11th, the Criminal Division 12-2 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Jin Hyunmin, Judges Kim Hyungbae and Kim Gillyang) sentenced Jeon Juhwan to life imprisonment in the appeal trial on charges of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (retaliatory murder), the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes (coercion using filmed materials), and the Stalking Punishment Act, stating, "It is appropriate for him to live a life of sincere repentance for his wrongdoing through incarceration isolated from society, and to live with a lifelong mindset of atonement toward the victim and their bereaved family."

Jeon Juhwan was prosecuted for allegedly killing the victim he had been stalking with a weapon he had prepared in advance in the women's restroom at Sindang Station on Seoul Subway Line 2 on September 14 last year.

It was investigated that Jeon Juhwan, harboring resentment after anticipating a heavy sentence in a separate stalking crime trial initiated by the victim's report, confirmed the victim's address and workplace information and prepared the murder weapon.

In the first trial that handled the stalking charges, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison. In the first trial for the retaliatory murder charges, Jeon Juhwan was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

In the appeal trial, the stalking charge trial and the retaliatory murder charge trial were combined in the second trial. The prosecution requested the court to impose the death penalty.

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