SOUTH KOREA: TOP COURT REJECTS DEATH PENALTY IN BRUTAL MURDER
South Korea's top court rejected arguments for reinstating the death sentence
South Korea's top court rejected arguments for reinstating the death sentence imposed on a Chinese national convicted of a gruesome murder that shocked the country.
Wu Yuanchun, an ethnic Korean, was originally sentenced to death for the rape, murder and dismemberment of a 28-year-old woman in the southern city of Suwon in April, 2012.
Wu, a migrant worker, spent six hours cutting the body into 365 pieces and individually wrapping each one in plastic.
In June, a district court sentenced Wu to death, having accepted the prosecution's argument that the murder was premeditated and that Wu had intended to sell the body parts.
Wu Yuanchun, an ethnic Korean, was originally sentenced to death for the rape, murder and dismemberment of a 28-year-old woman in the southern city of Suwon in April, 2012.
Wu, a migrant worker, spent six hours cutting the body into 365 pieces and individually wrapping each one in plastic.
In June, a district court sentenced Wu to death, having accepted the prosecution's argument that the murder was premeditated and that Wu had intended to sell the body parts.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, 16/01/2013)