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The court sentenced a father who beat his own daughter to death to drive out a demon and a mother who helped her to prison and a fine, respectively.
On the 30th, Gwangju District Court Suncheon Branch Criminal Division 1 (Presiding Judge Heo Jeong-hoon) sentenced A, who was charged with causing death toll, to 1 year and 6 months in prison, and his wife B, who assisted in the crime, was fined 2.5 million won for aiding and abetting injury. sentenced.
They are accused of assaulting and killing their 20-year-old daughter for about two hours in November 2021, saying they were performing an 'exorcism ritual' at home.
Mr. A, who is active as a shaman, tied her daughter's legs and swung her peach tree branch, while Mr. B helped her commit the crime by grabbing her daughter's wrist as she struggled screaming.
As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that these couples acted like this when their daughter showed symptoms of insanity, judging that 'there is a ghost in her body'.
The couple's daughter suffered from hearing problems since childhood, and it is known that she received counseling for severe depression at the time of the assault.
The judge who looked at the case pointed out, "The defendant inflicted injuries under the pretext of treating her daughter's disease in a scientifically unverified way, and even caused a serious result of death." The nature of the crime, such as what it seems to have suffered, is very heavy."
However, "The couple committed the crime not with the intention to harm their daughter, but with an erroneous belief that deviated from common sense, and there are some extenuating circumstances in the circumstances. , and the fact that he had no history of criminal punishment was taken into account," he said, revealing the reason for the sentencing.
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