Jang Yoon-gi Receives Life Sentence for Murder Linked to Attempted Rape
A Gwangju court sentenced Jang Yoon-gi to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of murdering a high-school girl during an attempted sexual assault.
The Gwangju District Court handed down a life term to 23-year-old Jang Yoon-gi, ruling that he killed student Lee Chae-won on a pedestrian walkway after she resisted his assault. The judgment also noted that Jang seriously injured a male student who intervened and later assaulted a foreign woman he had been stalking. Prosecutors had asked for the death penalty, citing a high risk of reoffending.
Why it matters
The case highlights severe violent crime and the judiciary's response to sexual assault murders in South Korea.
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