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appeals court sentenced a 22-year-old young man to death by neglecting his father, who collapsed from a brain hemorrhage, and sentenced him to four years in prison as in the first trial.
Earlier, as it became known that this young man had to bear the burden of caring for his family alone amidst economic pressure, a lot of interest was gathered, reports TBC reporter Jong-woong Lee.
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22-year-old A, who was sentenced to 4 years in prison in the first trial for leaving his sick father to death, gets out of the convoy.
The Daegu High Court also sentenced the same sentence as the original trial in the appeal against Mr.
Mr. A gave food for a week in April, when his father, who collapsed from brain hemorrhage, was discharged, but after that, he stopped providing food, water, and prescription drugs, and was put on trial for causing his father to die.
Mr. A confessed that from the day after his father was discharged from the prosecution investigation, he thought, "It is difficult to live with my father every two hours without a promise, and it is difficult financially, so I have to let him die."
The court found that the judgment of the lower court was just, saying that A had intentional to murder by deliberately neglecting his father with the intention of killing his father.
There are also criticisms of Mr. A's anti-human behavior and not requesting welfare support from community centers, but as the sad story became known, thousands of people including presidential candidates pleaded for mercy.
[Eunjae way / We Welfare Citizens' Alliance Secretary General: parts that are needed to complement the laws and institutions which should be the country responsible for the care and caring in our society by the wake of this incident are part to go beyond must point out -
economically The tragic choice of a young man who is in the blind spot of welfare amidst poverty makes us look back on whether our society's safety net is strong.
(Video coverage: Kang Jung-gu TBC)