20s Woman Sentenced to Prison for Abducting and Beating Intellectually Disabled Person to Death Over Five Days

Court: "Another Crime Committed During Probation Period"

A woman in her 20s who assaulted an intellectually disabled person she lived with, along with her boyfriend and others, causing the victim's death, has been sentenced to prison.

On the 17th, the 15th Criminal Division of the Incheon District Court (Presiding Judge Lee Gyu-hoon) announced that A (23, female), who was charged with injury resulting in death, enticement for profit, and special assault, was sentenced to four years in prison.

A is accused of fatally assaulting B (21 at the time of death), an intellectually disabled person she lived with, using a blunt weapon at a villa in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, from December 27 to 31, 2021. It was investigated that she committed the crime together with her boyfriend C (23) and runaway youth D (19).

They contacted B after seeing a post B made on the internet saying "I have nowhere to go" and brought him to their home. They demanded that B open a mobile phone account and take out loans, but when B refused, they assaulted him with stainless steel pipes and plastic hangers.

B, who was habitually assaulted by A and others for five days, fell into a coma in January 2022 and died from acute kidney injury and other complications.

The court stated, "Despite being well aware that the victim was disabled, the defendants assaulted the victim over several days, causing fatal injuries," and added, "They have not been forgiven by the victim's family." The court also noted, "Despite having been convicted in 2021 for aiding and abetting robbery and injury and receiving a suspended sentence, the defendant did not reform during the probation period and committed another crime," and "considered the fact that the defendant repeatedly failed to appear in court without valid reasons," explaining the sentencing rationale.

Meanwhile, C and D, who were charged with the same offenses as A, were sentenced in last year's appeal trial to eight years and eight months in prison and three years in prison with five years of probation, respectively.

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