The Seoul High Court turned down a sexually abusive stepfather’s appeal for a lighter sentence Sunday.
The convicted, 48, was charged for abusing his sleeping stepdaughter, 25, and later threatening her with physical violence in an attempt to prevent her from alerting authorities.
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| The woman in this photograph is not the victim mentioned in the article. (123RF) |
In the original trial he received five years in prison for incestuous sexual assault, but later appealed, saying his sentence was too heavy.
The appeals court turned down his plea in a decision saying, “The nature of the defendant’s crime is malignant as he had not only sexually assaulted his own stepdaughter, but also threatened her with a weapon to cover up his crime.”
By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
