Yoo Young-chul, a 34-year-old South Korean man believed...

Yoo Young-chul, a 34-year-old South Korean man believed to be the country's worst serial killer, was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering 20 people, court officials said.
The Seoul Central District Court found Yoo guilty of killing 20 mostly women and senior citizens, with one charge of murder being dismissed due to lack of evidence. "The sentence is death for murder," one of the officials said. Capital punishment in South Korea is administered by hanging.
oo was arrested in July 2004 for the series of grisly murders that police said were motivated by his hate for women and the rich. Seoul Metropolitan Police chief Huh Joon-young has said the murders were committed in less than a year and the bodies were buried in shallow graves near a temple in central Seoul. Most of the female victims were masseuses, who frequently offer sex services in South Korea, police had said.
Yoo quickly confessed to the murders after his arrest but was often confused about the details, saying there had been "too many," police officers have said.
A court-ordered examination found Yoo did not suffer from insanity, South Korean media said.