A Chinese compatriot in his 50s who killed two men and women on the street in Daerim-dong, Seoul has been sentenced to life in prison.



The first division of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Park Jung-hwa) announced today (12th) that it has dismissed the appeal of Park (55), who was charged with murder, and confirmed the original trial, which sentenced him to life imprisonment.



The court said, "If we look at the defendant's age, gender, environment, motive, means and result, and circumstances after the crime, it cannot be said that the sentence of life imprisonment by the lower court was extremely unfair."



Park was accused of stabbing a man and woman of Chinese compatriots (then 51 and 49 years old) with a knife in an alley in Daerim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, around 8 pm on January 22, last year.



According to the court, it was investigated that he threatened the victim for several months before committing the crime, who had refused his request for dating.



The man who died was an acquaintance of the victim, who saw Park's riot at the time of the incident and wielded the bottle, but rather was stabbed with a knife and suffered feces.



The victim saw this and tried to run away, but was caught and killed by Mr. Park.



Immediately after the crime, Park left the crime scene in a taxi, drank and slept, and was arrested the next afternoon.



Both counts 1 and 2 were sentenced to life imprisonment.



The prosecution's death sentence and Park's claims of mental and physical weakness were not accepted.



The second trial court said, "The means and methods of the crime were extremely cruel, such as stabbing the fallen victims again with a knife, and the investigative agency showed an attitude of contempt for life." The harm it has done to our society, such as making the people feel extreme anxiety, is also great," he said.



At the time of the incident, a 57-year-old Yoon (57), who was also charged with assaulting a man who fell after being attacked by Mr. Park, followed him from the scene (special assault), was sentenced to two years in prison.



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