A man in his 70s received a 16 year jail term on Thursday for strangling a women who owed him money.
The Chuncheon District Court said the 72-year-old man, surnamed Kim, was charged with homicide for impulsively killing the 51-year-old victim out of fear that she would not return his money.
Kim worked as a gas station worker for 13 years and saved 20 million won ($18,000) which he lent to the victim in March to expand her restaurant.
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Kim worked with the victim until she reportedly quit her job at the gas station in 2015 to open a restaurant.
Their friendship became tense after the victim was apparently unable to repay Kim. Instead she offered to sell “her stocks.” However, Kim knew these stocks were non-existent and murdered her in the middle of an argument at a hotel room in Chuncheon city, on May 18 at around 10:00 a.m.
Kim was caught on his third day of hiding by the police at an intercity bus terminal in South Jeolla Province.
By Lim Jeong-yeo (
kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
