"Continued Affair Despite Forgiveness"... 50s Man Stabs Mistress After Killing Husband

Daegu District Court Sentences 10 Years Imprisonment

A woman in her 50s who killed her husband after his long-term affair and also wielded a weapon against her husband's mistress was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

On the 19th, the Criminal Division 12 of Daegu District Court (Chief Judge Eo Jae-won) announced that it had delivered this verdict to Ms. A (58, female), who was indicted on charges of murder and attempted murder. Ms. A was tried for stabbing her husband Mr. B dozens of times in the neck and other areas with a weapon she had prepared in advance at around 11 p.m. on July 8 last year, killing him while he was drunk and returning home. She is also accused of entering a business establishment run by her husband's mistress Ms. C at 9:53 a.m. the next day, pretending to be a customer, and attempting to kill Ms. C, but the attempt failed as Ms. C resisted and Ms. A fled the scene.

Investigations revealed that Ms. A believed her husband and his mistress had ended their affair that had been ongoing since 2015, but upon discovering that they had met again and paid 12.4 million won for a trip to Switzerland, she became enraged and committed the crime. Ms. A confessed to the entire incident.

During the trial, Ms. A’s defense attorney shared her tragic story and pleaded for leniency. Ms. A, who was a middle school English teacher, gave up her dream of studying abroad after marrying her husband and quit her teaching job because her mother-in-law refused to help raise their grandchild. When her husband, who was running a business, went bankrupt, she supported the household by working as a cleaning lady and in restaurants.

After discovering her husband’s affair in 2015, Ms. A demanded that Ms. C end the relationship but was instead met with the retort, “Take better care of your husband.” Later, Ms. A believed her husband’s claim that he had broken up with Ms. C and decided to forgive him and continue their marriage. In 2022, she even took out a loan of 100 million won in her name at her husband’s request, who said he needed urgent funds to pay inheritance tax.

Despite her long sacrifices for the family, Ms. A became furious upon learning that her husband and Ms. C had deceived her by continuing their relationship and even planning an expensive overseas trip, which led to the crime. In November last year, the prosecution sought a 10-year prison sentence for Ms. A.

The court stated, “The defendant brutally killed her husband, requiring severe punishment, and has not been forgiven by the victim’s family,” adding, “Considering the circumstances leading to the crime, the fact that the attempt against Ms. C was unsuccessful, and that Ms. A’s two sons pleaded for leniency, the sentence was determined.”

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