Mia-dong Supermarket Stabbing Suspect Appeals Life Sentence; Cross-Appeals Filed

Kim Sungjin (33), who killed a passerby with a weapon at a supermarket in Mia-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, has appealed his life sentence from the first trial, prompting prosecutors-who had initially sought the death penalty-to also file an appeal, resulting in a cross-appeal.

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According to the legal community on September 1, Kim submitted his notice of appeal to the Criminal Division 13 of the Seoul Northern District Court (Presiding Judge Na Sanghun), which handled the first trial, on August 19. Prosecutors filed their notice of appeal with the court on August 25.

Kim was brought to trial on charges of killing a woman in her 60s and injuring an employee with a weapon displayed at a supermarket in Mia-dong on April 22. Kim, who was hospitalized with a finger fracture, testified that he decided to kill someone and go to prison due to conflicts with his family while in the hospital, and then committed the crime.

Previously, at the sentencing hearing for the first trial, the court sentenced Kim to life imprisonment and ordered him to wear an electronic location tracking device for 30 years.

The appeal trial will be held at the Seoul High Court.

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