The second trial of a former professional baseball player in his 30s who murdered an acquaintance who owed hundreds of millions of dollars while drinking and refused to pay will begin in June.
According to the legal community on the 17th, the Daejeon High Court's 1st Criminal Division (Presiding Judge Park Jin-hwan) set June 19 as the date for the first appeal trial for Mr. A (36), who was indicted on murder charges.
Mr. A was handed over to trial on charges of killing Mr. B by hitting his head with a baseball bat several times at a bar belonging to Mr. B, who is in his 40s, in Gwangcheon-eup, Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, at around 10 p.m. on January 2nd.
It was found that while they were drinking together at the time, he committed the crime out of anger when Mr. B said that he would not be able to repay the 240 million won he had borrowed.
After committing the crime, Mr. A reportedly reported it to 119 and surrendered himself.
According to the prosecution, Mr. A joined the second team of a professional club in January 2007, but ended his career as a player when his contract ended in December of the same year. Since starting his working life in 2013, he has been very close to his colleague B.
Mr. A claimed that he had no intention of killing, but the first trial court did not accept it, saying, “There is room to believe that it was not a premeditated crime, but it is reasonable to believe that there was an intention to kill, even if only inadvertently.” The first trial court said, “It seems that he committed the crime because his judgment was clouded by disappointment and anger when he showed an irresponsible attitude in a situation where there was no history of punishment exceeding a fine and he was experiencing financial difficulties and was about to give birth to a child.” “However, the victim died and the surviving family members “As we are pleading for severe punishment, we cannot only take into account the difficulties faced by the families of the defendants,” he said, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. 고스톱사이트
