Kim Gilsu Claims "Accidental Crime"... Police Emphasize Planned Escape

Kim Gilsu (36), who was detained at Seoul Detention Center on suspicion of aggravated robbery and then escaped before being caught, claimed during police interrogation that his escape was impulsive. However, the police believe that Kim planned the escape to receive the deposit for a lease contract and are continuing their investigation.

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According to the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency on the 7th, Kim was caught by the police near a public phone booth in Ganeung-dong, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi Province, at around 9:25 p.m. the previous day.

After being transferred to Anyang Dongan Police Station, Kim stated during a preliminary investigation before being handed over to the detention center, "I impulsively decided to escape while going to the bathroom at the hospital." Regarding swallowing the handle part of a plastic spoon in the Seocho Police Station detention center, he said, "While eating, the spoon suddenly broke, and I thought it was better to die than to go to prison, so I swallowed it."

However, the police believe that Kim did not escape impulsively. Before being arrested last month on suspicion of aggravated robbery, Kim had signed a lease contract for a house he owned, with a remaining payment of 150 million won scheduled to be paid on the 10th of this month. It is suspected that he planned the escape because he could not receive the money while detained. The lease contracts under Kim’s name are for one multi-family house each in Incheon and Seoul, both signed this year.

A police official said, "It does not seem that Kim Gilsu thought he could continue to escape, but there are indications that he thought he could use the remaining payment later for lawyer fees and other expenses." He added, "We believe the remaining lease payment was a motivating factor for the escape."

At around 4 a.m. that day, the police handed Kim over to the detention center and are expected to focus their investigative efforts on proving the planned nature of his escape. A police official said, "There are more details to verify regarding the lease contracts," and added, "We plan to conduct additional investigations." The police intend to continue the investigation of Kim through detention center visitation procedures.

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