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A 40-year-old man charged with assaulting and killing his wife was sentenced to the same prison sentence as in the first trial at the appeals court.



Yesterday (26th), the 2-2 Criminal Division of the Gwangju High Court (Judges Wi Gwang-ha, Park Jeong-hoon, and Seong Chung-yong) held an appeal against a 44-year-old man who was charged with murder (accepted crime of assault and homicide). The appeal was dismissed and he was sentenced to 5 years in prison.



Person A is charged with causing her to die of traumatic shock caused by multiple injuries by knocking down her drunken wife, B, kicking her in the side, and hitting her in the butt with a blunt weapon.



On January 29th, Mr. A had a drink with his wife B and acquaintance C at his acquaintance C's house around 2 pm. After that, at around 5 pm, Mr. A moved his wife, Mr. B, back to his house, but he found his wife B in Mr. C's house, where he had a strange feeling.



Mr. A asked his wife B, 'Let's go home', but Mr. B refused.



When Mr. B drinks alcohol, he neglects raising children, and Mr. A, who was dissatisfied with his past affair, assaulted his wife indiscriminately, such as hitting the buttocks with a 70cm-long blunt weapon near his wife B and kicking his side with his foot. .



It turned out that the assault lasted about an hour.



It is known that his wife, B, fainted due to prolonged assault, and Mr. A took Mr. B on a cultivator of an acquaintance and brought him home and then slept with him.



On the morning of the next day, Mr. A left the house to return the borrowed tiller, and Mr. A, returning home around 4 pm, noticed that his wife, Mr. B, was not breathing.



Mr. A tried CPR on his wife B and asked the local residents to call 911, but Mr. B had already died of traumatic shock caused by multiple injuries.



The court of first instance sentenced Mr. A to 5 years in prison, saying, "Severe punishment is inevitable for the accused in that the victim's precious life was taken from the accused's crime, and the damage cannot be recovered in any way." Considering the various actions and circumstances of the accused until the victim's death, it is reasonable to assume that he was aware that even if he inflicted such violence on the victim at the time, no major problems would arise."



The second trial judge also issued the same sentence, saying, "There is no direct evidence to admit that the accused assaulted the victim with the intent to kill the victim." The sentence was decided after comprehensively taking into account the things I am reflecting on.”



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