"Not Divorcing?" 50s Man Kills Mistress's Husband During Recidivism Period, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

A man who had previously served time for killing an acquaintance was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his mistress's husband.

The Criminal Division 1 of the Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court in Gyeongnam announced on the 10th that it sentenced Mr. A, in his 50s, to life imprisonment and ordered him to wear an electronic location tracking device for 10 years.

According to the court, Mr. A was prosecuted on charges of stabbing and killing Mr. C, in his 40s, the husband of his mistress Ms. B, multiple times with a weapon at a residence in Tongyeong last May.

It was understood that Mr. A committed the crime out of dissatisfaction after Ms. B, who had been in a relationship with him since last year, cut off contact due to his violent tendencies and decided to live with her husband Mr. C, who was trying to divorce her, a few days before the incident.

On the day of the incident, he is accused of going to Ms. B’s house armed with a weapon, killing her husband Mr. C, forcibly putting Ms. B into a car, and driving to Yeongcheon in Gyeongbuk, where he held her captive for four hours.

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

Previously, Mr. A was sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing an acquaintance with a weapon in 2011, was paroled in 2020 after serving part of his sentence, and completed his parole period in 2021.

Under criminal law, if a person commits a crime punishable by imprisonment or heavier punishment within three years after completing or being exempted from a sentence of imprisonment or heavier punishment, they are punished as a repeat offender.

The court stated, “Mr. A brutally killed Mr. C, who was defenseless, and the culpability is very serious,” adding, “It is difficult to imagine the physical and mental suffering Mr. C must have felt at that time, but it must have been immense.”

It continued, “Considering that Mr. A already has 10 prior criminal convictions including murder, and that he committed the same crime again during the repeat offender period for murder,” the court explained the reasons for the sentencing.

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