What does a failed real estate investment have to do with cats? A man in his 20s killed 21 cats in South Korea

A man in his 20s who received 21 abandoned cats for free and then brutally killed them has been put on trial. According to Yonhap News on the 3rd, the Ulsan District Prosecutor's Office is on trial for violating the Animal Protection Act.
The court said that A was indicted without detention. A is accused of operating an internet cafe related to abandoned cats from May to August last year, receiving 21 kittens for free and then killing them all.
He was reported to have brutally killed the cat by biting its head and setting its legs on fire, then dumped the body on the side of a highway.
The crime committed by suspect A was that the donors had contacted the cats to inquire about their condition, but suspect A had
The suspect, A, said, "I committed the crime to relieve stress after suffering losses from unreasonable real estate investments."
Prior to this, a man in his 20s was sentenced to prison in Changwon for brutally killing 10 cats.
The Changwon District Court indicted them on charges of violating the Animal Protection Act and sentenced them to eight months' imprisonment and one year and two months' imprisonment, respectively, in the first trial.
On July 26th of this year, the court announced that it had sentenced Defendant B, a man in his 20s, to one year and four months in prison at a consolidated appeals sentencing hearing.
Defendant B engaged in sexual assault in Gimhae and Busan, South Gyeongsang Province from December 2022 to September last year.
They traveled around the country, including Busan, North Gyeongsang Province, Seongju, Daegu, and Yongin in Gyeonggi Province, and brutally killed 78 cats in total over 55 trips.
He was put on trial on suspicion of the crime. Defendant B, who had developed a dislike for cats because they scratched his car when he was parked there, was found to have acquired a cat for the crime.
The defendant is said to have had difficulties with interpersonal relationships and employment due to mental illness. He was indicted on charges of strangling and killing two cats he had received in Gimhae City in September last year, and was sentenced to eight months in prison in December last year.
Defendant B was later sentenced to one year and two months in prison in April this year for killing 76 cats in a similar manner. At the time, the court stated, "The defendant traveled more than an hour to commit the crime, and then
"These actions were reckless and planned, and it is believed that similar methods have been used to harm cats in the past," and "their methods and means are beyond words, such as treating the lives of innocent cats as if they were pieces of paper."
The appeals court also ruled that "the means and methods were so cruel that it is difficult to find any respect for life."
However, "it appears that multiple mental illnesses and extreme stress were the triggers for the crime, and he is deeply remorseful," the statement said.
"We took these factors into consideration," he said, explaining the reason for the sentence.