Daughter Sentenced to Prison for Stabbing Father Over "Pay Back Taxes to Lift House Seizure"

A daughter who attempted to kill her father to resolve the issue of a house seized due to unpaid taxes from a failed business was sentenced to prison.

The Criminal Division 4 of Changwon District Court in Gyeongnam announced on the 25th that it sentenced a woman in her 50s to 3 years and 6 months in prison for stabbing her father in his 70s with a weapon in an attempt to kill him on June 1.

According to the court, Ms. A went to find her father, Mr. B, around midnight on May 31 at their residence in Jinhae-gu, Changwon City, carrying a weapon after Mr. B, overhearing a phone call between Ms. A and her mother about the house seizure issue, said, "You stole your mother's seal and caused the house to be like this."

Ms. A committed the crime by stabbing Mr. B twice in the chest with the weapon, but due to Mr. B's strong resistance, it resulted only in attempted murder.

Changwon District Court, Gyeongnam.
Photo by Se-ryeong Lee

Previously, Ms. A had operated a business under her mother's name in 2019 but failed, and was unable to pay approximately 19 million won in taxes to the National Tax Service, which led to the seizure of the parents' residence.

The seized house was found to have been used as collateral for a loan without Mr. B's knowledge by Ms. A.

Although Ms. A claimed she had been supportive by paying off Mr. B's debts and helping him when needed, she committed the crime because Mr. B insulted her regarding the business failure and urged her to pay the overdue taxes to lift the seizure.

Ms. A argued that she had no intention to kill, stating, "My father, who was trying to stop me from self-harm, was stabbed for unknown reasons," while Mr. B reportedly stated, "I did not see my daughter holding a weapon," and "I fell on my own."

The court based its ruling on Ms. A's statement to the police that "I stabbed my father first while he was lying down," and the 119 emergency medical service report indicating "the daughter stabbed her father."

The court stated, "The crime of attempting to kill a direct ascendant, even if only attempted, is highly condemnable as it is inhumane and antisocial."

It added, "However, Mr. B has repeatedly expressed that he does not wish to punish Ms. A, and it appears that Ms. A committed the crime somewhat impulsively after hearing insulting remarks from Mr. B," explaining the sentencing rationale.

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