Bank robbery murder concluded 22 years after the incident... ``Life imprisonment'' confirmed = South Korea

The life imprisonment sentences for the defendants in the Kookmin Bank robbery and murder case that occurred 22 years ago have been finalized.
On the morning of the 14th, the South Korean Supreme Court held defendants Lee Seung Man (53) and Lee Jung Hak (52).
) on the robbery and murder charges, and it was announced that the lower court's verdict, which sentenced the two to life imprisonment and ordered them to wear electronic ankle rings (location tracking devices), has been finalized.
Defendants Lee Seung-man and Lee Jung-hak went to Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon City around 10 a.m. on December 21, 2001.
After blocking the way of a cash transport vehicle with a passenger car in the basement parking lot of the Chungcheong Regional Headquarters of Kookmin Bank, he killed the bank's teller manager with a handgun and stole 300 million won (approximately 32.86 million yen) in cash.
He was arrested and charged with stealing his bag and other items and fleeing. Prior to this, the two conspired to commit a bank robbery and stole a vehicle on October 14, 2001.
After colliding with a police officer who was on patrol in Suncheon-dong, Daedeok-gu, he stole a handgun and used it to commit the crime. After that, the two committed bank robberies, including stealing other vehicles.
prepared. This case, which remained unsolved for 21 years, was traced back to the DNA information from the mask and handkerchief found inside the car used in the crime at an illegal game center in the Chungbuk area.
By matching the DNA, we found a clue to the solution. Police arrested the two on August 25, 7,553 days after the incident occurred.
The trial court ruled against defendant Lee Seung-man, who shot at the victim and blamed it on his accomplice.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to wear an electronic leg ring for 20 years, and his accomplice Lee Jung-hak, who admitted to the crime, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to wear an electronic leg ring for 10 years.
However, the appellate court also sentenced Lee Jung-hak to life in prison. The crime in this case was meticulously planned, and defendant Lee Jung-hak was absolutely necessary for the crime to be successful.
In addition to the fact that he is believed to have fully anticipated and consented to the death or injury of others, and that he had previously been sentenced to prison for crimes such as robbery and bodily harm, he was also a repeat offender. to
This is because the circumstances of the case were taken into consideration, including the fact that he had committed the crime, that he had never been forgiven by any of the victims, and that he had never made any effort to recover from the damage.
In the latest appeal, the Supreme Court focused its investigation on the ``unfairness of the sentence'' that the defendants argued. However, the defendants affirmed the lower court's judgment that sentenced the two defendants to life imprisonment.
The appeal was dismissed. The Supreme Court held that ``Even taking into account the extenuating circumstances asserted in the grounds for appeal, it cannot be said that the sentence of the trial court was grossly unjust.''