A second trial of a 40-year-old man charged with killing his wife and six-year-old son with a weapon at a villa in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, has begun.

Today (2nd), in the morning of the Seoul High Court, Detective Division 2 (Ham Sang-hoon, Kim Min-ki and Deputy Judge Ha Tae-han) held the first trial of 42-year-old Jomo, who was charged with murder. As with the first trial, Mr. Cho, who is prosecuting the death penalty and claiming innocence, waged a tough court battle.

Mr. Cho is accused of murdering his wife A and his son B in his home in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu, between 8:35 pm and 22:01 pm on August 21 last year. The police identified Mr. Cho as the culprit because there were no signs of intrusion from the crime scene or that the victim's digestive system contents were estimated to have stayed at the time of his death.


The prosecution asked the Court of Appeals to sentence the death penalty, "even if compared to other murder crimes, the crime is particularly bad." The prosecution believed that Mr. Cho, who had long been having an affair with him for a long time, was murdered because he felt that he could get a loan deposit if Mr. A died in a situation where the economic situation rapidly became difficult due to horse racing. He was deliberately committed because of'extreme selfishness' to escape his economic difficulties.

He also raised the issue of the attitude that Mr. Cho showed in the first trial. At that time, when he saw the family's death scene or autopsy photos, he did not move, but the first time he saw tears when the prosecution asked for the death penalty. The prosecution appealed, "Mr. Cho was so cold-hearted that he could not reveal any minimal sorrow or sad feelings toward his wife and son. Consistent with false statements, consider denying the whole crime."


However, Mr. Cho claimed that he was guilty of resolving "reasonable doubt that the defendant may not be the culprit". No obvious'direct evidence', such as crime tools or CCTV, was found at the scene. "It is not possible to accurately estimate the time of death from the contents of the fire extinguishing agency alone. It is incomplete and inaccurate evidence," Cho said.

The lawyer also raised the possibility that a third killer had infiltrated the villa after Cho left home, saying, "The third party's DNA and fingerprints were on the scene, but the investigation was not conducted."

The court of the first trial said, "The possibility that a third party has committed is only an abstract situation. Comprehending the accused nature of the defendant and the motivation to commit the crime in the light of the conflict at the time proves that the charges are guilty." Sentenced to imprisonment.

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