"My Family Conflicts Are Because of Dad"…30-Year-Old Daughter Attempts to Kill Father Out of Resentment

A woman in her 30s who harbored resentment toward her father, believing he was the cause of her family’s discord, was ultimately sentenced to prison for attempting to kill him with a weapon.

The Chuncheon District Court Criminal Division 2 (Presiding Judge Lee Young-jin) announced on the 29th that it sentenced A (32) to 3 years and 6 months in prison on charges of attempted parricide, fraud, assault, and obstruction of official duties, and ordered her to undergo probation for 4 years.

A woman in her 30s, who harbored resentment believing that her father was the cause of the family's discord, ultimately attempted to kill him with a weapon and was sentenced to prison. [Image source=Pixabay]

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A was tried for attempting to kill her father B (60) with a weapon around 11:40 p.m. on July 11 at their home while he was lying down to sleep.

Investigations revealed that she harbored resentment because she believed the cause of the family discord was B’s divorce and violent behavior. It was determined that she committed the crime under the delusion that B was trying to have her admitted to a psychiatric hospital, following a special trespassing incident she committed in November last year.

The indictment against A also included charges of assaulting a staff member who demanded payment at a bar in Chuncheon in March and obstructing the lawful execution of duty by responding police officers.

The court explained the sentencing by stating, “Considering the nature and danger of the crime, the guilt for attempted parricide is very serious. Despite being on probation for crimes including assaulting a driver under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, she committed another offense and has not been forgiven by the victims.”

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However, the court dismissed the prosecution’s request to impose an electronic monitoring device (electronic anklet) order, judging that the crime was an expression of emotions such as resentment and anger toward her father formed during her upbringing, and that there was little risk of recidivism for murder crimes against unspecified persons or habitual tendencies.

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