The Korea Herald on Wednesday reported that Gwangju High Court upheld the woman’s conviction while imposing a heavier sentence on the accused, 60, who murdered her daughter, 33, on February 12, 2023.
The accused reportedly drugged her daughter and strangled her to death out of despair over a debt of 300 million won (US$217, 556) from the older woman’s restaurant business, with up to 60 million won under the victim’s name.
The prosecution sought a heavier sentence, arguing the initial 12-year jail time was too lenient for the crime, adding: “The young daughter had dreams and she would’ve wanted to live, even if she had debt because of her mother.”
Delivering its ruling, the high court stated: “The defendant took the life of her family for an unacceptable reason of ‘psychological pressure for the victim.’ This is unacceptable.”
