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A stepfather who killed his 5-year-old son by pushing him to the floor has been sentenced to a severe sentence by the Supreme Court.



The first division of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Roh Tae-ak) announced on the 17th that it had confirmed the lower court sentenced to 12 years in prison in the appeal of 41-year-old A, who was charged with child abuse and child abuse.



In February 2020, Mr. A strongly pushed his stepson B, who was then 5 years old, in the living room of his house.

The reason was that group B showed an attitude of ignoring him with a sneering expression.



Group B hit the head hard on the marble floor, and was immediately taken to the hospital, but died five days later.

Group B is known to have suffered a severe shock enough to fracture the skull.



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At that time, the doctor who was treating group B found the bruises on the body and reported it to the child protection agency, judging that it did not occur within a short period of time.

A was arrested on charges of child abuse.



In the course of the trial, Mr. A argued that there is a high possibility that he died from other causes, such as “Gun B lost consciousness because his airway was blocked while eating jelly” or “he hit his head while playing at the playground before the incident.”




The court of first instance sentenced A to 12 years in prison, saying, "In a situation where he was arrested and arrested for child abuse, A did not mention the cause of the child's death at all until the police investigation was over. Even this was inconsistent.”



In addition, "the doctors and autopsy doctors who examined group B shared the opinion that they would have suffered the trauma due to the great shock to the head," he admitted.



Mr. A appealed against the judgment, but the second trial dismissed it.

In particular, the court of appeals criticized Mr. A's claim that group B died of airway obstruction while eating jelly, saying, "I am consistent with incomprehensible excuses, denying my crimes, and not reflecting."



The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the lower court and affirmed the sentence.



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