▲ A stepfather and mother, accused of abusing and killing an 8-year-old daughter, are entering the Incheon District Court in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, to receive an interrogation (examination of warrant) before arrest in March.


A couple in their 20s who were sentenced to 30 years in prison in the first trial for starving, urinating, and abusing their 8-year-old daughter, who was an elementary school student, denied some of the charges at the first trial of the appeals court, saying, "I did not kill on purpose."



On March 2 this year, the couple were arrested on charges of abusing and killing Ms. C (8), who was in the third grade of elementary school, in a villa in Jung-gu, Incheon.



On the 15th, Criminal Division 6-2 of the Seoul High Court Criminal Division (Presiding Judge, Chief Justice Jeong) held the first appeal trial of the biological mother A (28) and adoptive father B (27), who were charged with murder and violation of the Child Welfare Act.



On this day, the couple stood at the defendant's seat holding their 5-month-old daughter after the first trial after giving birth after being prosecuted.



At the same time, Mr. A appealed to the court, saying, "I am giving birth to a child in prison and taking care of it."



Next, the couple claimed that there was no intention to kill the deceased, and wanted to call an autopsy specialist as a witness, but the court did not accept the request for a fact inquiry.



Previously, the couple who registered their marriage in 2017 were brought to trial in January 2018, raising Ms. C at their home in Jung-gu, Incheon, until March of this year, for three years of continuous assault and death.



According to the investigation, the couple abused Ms. C, who was hungry 35 times, including having her hands raised for an hour or assaulting her for making a urination mistake because she took out a pig's foot from the refrigerator and secretly ate it under the blanket and threw away the bones.



Even at the end of last year, adoptive father B had bizarre abuse by making Miss C suck urine with a straw or bite panties with feces in her mouth, and it was revealed that her mother, A, neglected her even after seeing this.



Also, Mr. A did not give Ms. C any food or water two days before she died.



On the day of the incident, Mr. A showered Ms. C, who was injured and bleeding, with cold water and left it alone. Even after seeing Ms. C collapsed, Mr. B enjoyed a mobile game in the living room.



At the time of her death, she had bruises all over her body, including her face, arms, and legs, and was found to have used diapers until just before she died.



Also, no food was found in the stomach and intestines.



The next hearing on appeal will be held on the 27th of next month.



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