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Daegu court gives 62-year-old 7 years for killing disabled niece, attacking mother
Версия 2: New outlets have picked up the sentencing, and Dong-A Ilbo adds that the defendant decided from February to kill the victims and then take his own life; reporting also names the court division and judge.
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A 62-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison by Daegu District Court on October 6 for killing his intellectually disabled niece by taking her into the sea and for attempting to kill his mother, who has dementia. The trial was a citizen participation trial and all seven jurors unanimously found him guilty, Yonhap reported. Yonhap reported the man had cared for his mother, his sister and her daughter alone for about eight years.
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Daegu District Court Criminal Division 13 sentenced a 62-year-old man surnamed Baek to seven years in prison on October 6, in a citizen participation trial on charges of murder and attempted murder of a lineal ascendant, Yonhap reported. The court was presided over by Judge Chae Hee-in. Kukmin Ilbo, Seoul Shinmun, Chosun Ilbo, Newsis and Dong-A Ilbo also reported the seven-year sentence. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
According to Yonhap, the charges stem from an incident on March 22 at Najin Port in Gampo-eup, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. Baek was accused of giving sleeping pills to his mother, who has dementia, and to his niece, who has a severe intellectual disability, then taking them to the sea, killing the niece and trying to drown his mother before witnesses stopped him. Dong-A Ilbo reported that the group moved to a port in Gyeongju at night. [ 2 , 6 ]
Yonhap reported that Baek had cared for his mother with dementia, his younger sister who had an intellectual disability, and her daughter from around 2018, and that after his younger sister died in 2022 he was effectively alone in handling the household and daily care for his mother and niece. About a month before the crime, he had told his younger brother he was at his limit and that the niece hit him severely. Dong-A Ilbo reported that from February he had felt fatigue from the caregiving and decided to kill the victims and then take his own life. [ 2 , 6 ]
At trial, Yonhap reported, all seven jurors unanimously found him guilty, and on sentencing four jurors favoured seven years and three favoured eight. The court said murder can never be justified, cited the extreme fear the deceased niece likely felt and the sense of betrayal his mother would have experienced, and added that the risk of reoffending against his mother was not light. Prosecutors had sought 12 years, calling the victims vulnerable and the crime planned rather than impulsive; the defence cited eight years of sole caregiving, stress and depression and asked the court to consider how the case differed from an ordinary killing. In his final statement Baek said he had committed a crime deserving death and asked for a heavy sentence, adding that if released he would care for his mother. His younger brother, who testified as a sentencing witness, said he did not want his brother punished, and Yonhap reported Baek had no prior criminal record. [ 2 ]
Chosun Ilbo headlined the case around the defendant's reported words that he had reached his limit after eight years of care. Dong-A Ilbo reported that the sentence was announced on October 7, while Yonhap and other outlets reported that it was handed down on October 6. [ 2 , 4 , 6 ]
Почему это важно
The case turns on the strain of sole family caregiving, which local outlets framed through the defendant's reported complaints that he had reached his limit. It also puts a citizen participation trial at the centre of a case in which the victims could not state whether they wanted punishment. The documents give no indication of any broader policy response.
Ключевые факты
- Daegu District Court Criminal Division 13, presided over by Judge Chae Hee-in, sentenced a 62-year-old man surnamed Baek to seven years in prison on October 6. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
- He was convicted of murder and of attempted murder of a lineal ascendant, his mother. [ 2 , 6 ]
- The crime took place on March 22 at Najin Port in Gampo-eup, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. [ 2 , 6 ]
- According to Yonhap, he gave sleeping pills to his mother, who has dementia, and to his niece, who has a severe intellectual disability, took them to the sea, killed the niece and tried to drown his mother before witnesses stopped him. [ 2 ]
- Yonhap reported he had cared for his mother, his younger sister and her daughter from around 2018, and alone for his mother and niece after his sister died in 2022. [ 2 ]
- Prosecutors sought 12 years, calling the victims vulnerable and the crime planned rather than impulsive; the court sentenced him to seven. [ 2 ]
- His younger brother testified that he did not want his brother punished, and Baek had no prior criminal record. [ 2 ]
Подтверждено несколькими источниками
- A man in his sixties, identified by Yonhap as 62-year-old Baek, was sentenced to seven years in prison over the killing of his intellectually disabled niece and the attempted killing of his mother, who has dementia. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
- The sentence was handed down by Daegu District Court Criminal Division 13, presided over by Judge Chae Hee-in. [ 2 , 6 ]
- The incident took place on March 22 at a port in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, where the two victims were taken to the sea after being given sleeping pills. [ 2 , 6 ]
Пока неясно
- Details of the trial, including the unanimous jury guilty verdict, the jurors' sentencing opinions, the prosecution's 12-year request and the defendant's caregiving history, appear in only one document. Single-source detail from Yonhap, an official-tier outlet; no second document carries it.
- Dong-A Ilbo reported that the sentence was announced on October 7, while Yonhap and other outlets reported that it was handed down on October 6. The documents differ on the date the sentence was made public.
- The current condition of the mother who survived is not reported, nor is whether either side will appeal. The documents do not address these points.
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- Kukmin Ilbo reports the sentencing of the man in his sixties to seven years. [ 1 ]
- Yonhap publishes a detailed report on the verdict, the jury and the background of the case. [ 2 ]
- Seoul Shinmun reports the seven-year sentence in the citizen participation trial. [ 3 ]
- Chosun Ilbo reports the prison sentence for the man who had cared for his family for eight years. [ 4 ]
- Newsis reports the seven-year sentence for the man who pushed his intellectually disabled niece into the sea. [ 5 ]
- Dong-A Ilbo reports the sentence and states that the court announced it that day. [ 6 ]