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A 40-year-old man who murdered an 80-year-old mother in the delusion that cockroaches took over her parents' body has been sentenced to prison.
The 11th Criminal Division of the Daegu District Court announced on the 18th that it had ordered 48-year-old A, who was indicted on charges of murder, etc.
On March 13th, at around 5:00 am, Mr. A was handed over to trial on charges of killing his mother B, who was sitting on the bed with his feet in hiking boots, and trying to kill his father, C, as well.
It was investigated that Mr. A committed the crime under the delusion that his parents died about three years ago, but a cockroach took over the body and pretended to be alive.
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A, who had a history of being punished for taking methamphetamine, was found to have been suffering from mental illness.
It is known that he usually had hallucinations that the National Intelligence Service or the US intelligence service gave orders to him through radio waves, and he was delusional that they were trying to control his actions by taking over his body.
The court acknowledged that A was in a state of weakness, saying, "It seems that the crime occurred in a state where the ability to discriminate things or make a decision was weak due to mental illness."
However, he explained the reason for the severe punishment, saying, "It was a combination of the disrespectful and cruel nature of the crime, the severe damage suffered by the victims, and the fact that the bereaved family pleaded for severe punishment."
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