Mother Kills Two Daughters in Despair Over Fraud... Supreme Court Rules Eldest Daughter's Death as 'Consent Homicide'

Before the Murder "No Regrets About the World"... Court Rules "Eldest Daughter Should Be Seen as Consenting to the Murder"

A woman who killed her two daughters after her financial situation worsened due to an investment scam was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The Supreme Court's 1st Division (Presiding Justice No Tae-ak) announced on the 14th that it upheld the original sentence of 12 years in prison for Lee, who was charged with murder.

Lee was charged with killing her two daughters inside a parked passenger car near a road in Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do, in the early morning of March 9 last year. At the time of death, the eldest daughter was 24 years old, and the younger daughter was 17. It was investigated that she suffered an investment scam loss of about 400 million won from an acquaintance she had known for 20 years. Lee killed her two daughters first and then attempted self-harm but survived.

The first trial recognized all murder charges against the two daughters as guilty and sentenced her to 12 years in prison. The second trial maintained the first trial's sentence but ruled that the charge related to the eldest daughter's death should be applied as 'consensual homicide' rather than murder.

The second trial considered that the eldest daughter drove herself to the crime scene, and when Lee asked her, "You have no regrets about the world, right?" the eldest daughter answered, "No," thus recognizing the victim's consent to the act. The Supreme Court also agreed that the second trial's judgment was correct.

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