Woman Sentenced for Murder of Common-Law Husband in South Korea

Elderly couple's quarrel over money edns in husband's murder

A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder of her common-law husband, with whom she lived for 30 years. Incheon District Court said Sunday that it had found the defendant guilty of murder, ordering her to wear an ankle monitoring device for 10 years after release. The defendant killed the 71-year-old victim to death by stabbing him 33 times. The incident occurred at around 2:31 a.m. on Dec. 18, after the defendant and the victim had an argument over not having enough

By The Korea Herald