The court sentenced the stepmother to whom the law was first applied to Jung-in for killing her teenage stepdaughter.
The 1st Criminal Division of the Jinju Branch of the Changwon District Court (Presiding Judge Jeong Seong-ho) sentenced A (41), who was indicted for violating the Child Abuse Punishment Act and child abuse and murder, to 30 years in prison today (13th).
The court ordered Mr. A to complete a 40-hour child abuse treatment program and to be restricted from employment at child-related organizations for 10 years.
The court explained, "There is a social consensus that all children have the right to be safe from violence, and that crimes against children require severe punishment."
He continued, "It is a serious crime for a child's guardian to assault a physically or mentally weak child, in particular, is a serious crime." said.
On June 22, last year, at her home in Namhae-gun, Ms. A filed for divorce papers with her husband and decided to discuss raising her children, but she was accused of hitting and killing her stepdaughter B (14) several times in the stomach for failing to contact her. was brought to trial.
It was also revealed that Mr. A was habitually abused from August 2020 to June of this year, saying that Miss B, who died, did not listen well and pushed her head torn about 3 cm.
Prosecutors indicted Mr. A for the first time by applying the 'Jung In Yi Act', which is the 'Amendment to the Special Act on Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes'.
The main content of this law is that if a child is abused and murdered, he is sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for at least 7 years.
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