Sex assault stepfather claims 5-year sentence too long

By 임정요

Published : April 10, 2016 - 18:13

The Seoul High Court turned down a sexually abusive stepfather’s appeal for a lighter sentence Sunday.

The convicted, 48, was charged for abusing his sleeping stepdaughter, 25, and later threatening her with physical violence in an attempt to prevent her from alerting authorities.

The woman in this photograph is not the victim mentioned in the article. (123RF)

In the original trial he received five years in prison for incestuous sexual assault, but later appealed, saying his sentence was too heavy.

The appeals court turned down his plea in a decision saying, “The nature of the defendant’s crime is malignant as he had not only sexually assaulted his own stepdaughter, but also threatened her with a weapon to cover up his crime.”

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)