``Branding around weapons, looking cool...I came to Seoul to kill people''...Teen attempted murderer sentenced to prison in South Korea

``The attempted murder charge is cool. I wanted to brag about it to my friends,'' said Mr. A, who was accused of attempted murder, in court. Imitating defendant Cho Sung of ``Shin Lim Dong Weapon Brandisher'',
A teenager who tried to brandish a deadly weapon at junior high school girls on the street has been sentenced to prison. According to the Korean Bar Association on the 7th, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Mr. A (16) to prison for attempted murder.
He was sentenced to six years long term and four years short term. Juvenile offenders under the age of 19 are sentenced to short-term and long-term prison sentences, with the specific period of imprisonment determined by the degree of future correction.
Mr. A is accused of following two middle school girls near a park in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the evening of October 1st last year, stabbing them with a deadly weapon, and attempting to kill them.
. Prosecutors determined that Mr. A gave up on the crime the moment he tried to stab one of the victims. Mr. A, who lived in Changwon, Gyeongnam, was in possession of a deadly weapon and a blunt weapon to commit the crime.
It was investigated that he had taken a train to Tokyo and tried to go to Shinrim-dong, Gwanak-gu, but then followed the middle school girls who caught his eye.
Mr. A was responsible for the crime committed by Cho Sung (34), who brandished a deadly weapon and killed and injured four people in Sinlim-dong on July 21 last year.
The investigation revealed that he felt a similar feeling after seeing the painting and decided to kill someone. Mr. A, who has a mental illness, thought of himself as a failure like the villain ``Joker'' in the movie ``Batman.''
However, the prosecution determined that he felt joy when he saw Cho Sung's crime, thinking it was ``strong and cool.'' Mr. A was reported to have always been passionate about violent computer games.
. At the trial, Mr. A also stated, ``I thought the attempted murder charge was cool and that I would be released immediately because I was a juvenile.I thought I would brag about it to my friends if I was released.''
The Chamber said, ``Words cannot express the shock experienced by the young victims who were suddenly attacked by a stranger in a deserted park.''
``The incident at Shinbayashi Station was a cruel crime against an unspecified number of people, but the harm it caused to society by following up on it and even starting the act is great.''
The trial chamber stated, ``However, the defendant voluntarily stopped the crime, and one of the victims made it clear that she did not want to be punished, and the defendant is still in an immature state.''
We decided on the sentence based on these factors." Prior to this, the prosecutor's office requested a long-term sentence of nine years and a short-term sentence of seven years, and appealed against the first-instance verdict, saying, ``The defendant has not shown serious remorse.'' A-kun is also a substitute.
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