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-The trial of Lee Eun-hae, accused of killing her husband by making him fall into a valley, and her ex-boyfriend, Jo Hyun-soo, has been postponed.
The 15th Criminal Division of the Incheon District Court postponed the decision-making process for the two people, which was scheduled for this afternoon, and only conducted further investigation of the evidence and interrogation of the accused.
As a result, the prosecution’s request and the defendant’s final statement, scheduled for today, has been postponed.
Before the newspaper, the court said: “The prosecution reconstructed the indictment by settling the situation after the drowning and the defendant’s actions, leaving the” murder by title “as it is. the purpose? “he asked.
In response, the prosecution said: “We are judging this case as a homicide by omission”, but “it is important that the facts are recognized, not completely ruling out homicide by omission”.
Hence, the court said: “As a spouse, there is no obligation to save, and it is difficult to judge negligent homicide just because you did not save him.”
The court then asked the prosecution to give an opinion on the type of rescue action it should have taken against the victim in terms of the defendant’s rights of defense.
A situation where an act prohibited by law is performed directly is called an ‘act’, and a case where an act is not performed is called an ‘omission’. In general, murder by act is punished more heavily than murder by omission.
Jo Hyun-soo, who appeared in court wearing a yellow shroud, denied the murder allegations, saying, “At the time, I couldn’t see even an inch in front of the water, so I kept searching while mixing the water. with my hands and my feet ».
He also completely denied the allegation that he attempted to kill the victim by feeding her a dish mixed with fugu poison and claimed to have issued a false statement due to a coercive prosecution investigation at the time.
Earlier, Eun-hae Lee and Hyun-soo Jo were arrested and tried for murder on June 30, 2019 in Yongso Valley, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, on suspicion of killing Lee’s husband Yoon-mo .
Prosecutors determined that he deliberately killed Yoon, who could not swim, to jump into the valley water without rescue equipment, aiming for 800 million won in life insurance money in the victim’s name.
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