A mistress who killed her mother-in-law even though she gave him 350 million won asking him to break up with her husband, why?

■ Broadcasting: FM 94.5 (06:40~06:55, 12:40~12:55, 19:40~19:55)
■ Broadcast Date: November 14, 2024 (Thursday)
■ Host: Lawyer Lee Won-hwa
■ Dialogue: Attorney Lim So-hee

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◆ Lawyer Lee Won-hwa (hereinafter referred to as Lee Won-hwa): It was one day in 2014. A woman in her 40s met a woman of her age, B, and handed her a huge amount of 350 million won. It was also a very earnest request. Why on earth did Mr. A hand over a large amount of 350 million won to Mr. B, even holding the house as collateral? I wonder if Mr. A had any weaknesses caught by Mr. B, but in reality, it was the complete opposite. Mr. B was an affair with Mr. A's husband. Mr. A found out that he was in an affair with his husband, Mr. B, whom he met at an elementary school alumni meeting, but he could not give up his family. It was even more so when I think of a child who just became an elementary school student. So I had no choice but to give B a huge amount of 350 million won. Mr. B will no longer see his husband after receiving the money. I promised, but I didn't keep that promise. Mr. B even planned to kill Mr. A. What happened to Mr. B's murder plan, which is more crazy than a crazy drama? Let's talk about this in detail in today's case X file. Hello, I'm Lee Won-hwa, the case X file of lawyer Lee Won-hwa. Today, we are also with lawyer Lim So-hee of Law Firm Roel. Welcome, lawyer.

◇ Lawyer Lim So-hee (hereinafter referred to as Lim So-hee): Hello, I'm lawyer Lim So-hee of LOEL Law Firm.

◆ Dualization: We also often encounter affairs because our job is a job, but if you look closely, there are many cases where it's not love, but it's a crooked obsession. I think this case, which we're going to talk about today, is also caused by a crooked obsession.

◇ Lim So-hee: Mr. and Mrs. A were in-house couples who worked at the same bank and have had a normal and smooth marriage. But one day, A's husband goes to an elementary school reunion and meets B, and the case begins when he falls into an affair with B.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: As you know well, there are so many situations that we met at the reunion and led to an affair, especially elementary school alumni clichés. In this case

◇ Lim So-hee: You can't denigrate the reunion itself, but it's true that there are so many cases like this that we encounter.

◆ Binaryization: That's right.

◇ Lim So-hee: If we go back to this case and continue talking again, Mr. B will continue his affair with Mr. A's husband and decide that he should be Mr. B's wife, not an affair woman.

◆ So what I'm trying to say is that you're in love with someone other than your spouse, so don't you think you can meet after you break up and get divorced? It's so selfish to protect your family and have an affair.

◇ Lim So-hee: That's right. I don't know for sure what Mr. A's husband felt, but Mr. B, Mr. A's husband's affair partner, certainly wanted Mr. A and his wife to divorce. However, when A did not notice the relationship between the two and the couple did not break down, B began to make efforts to reveal his existence to A by deliberately passing the contents of the messenger between him and A's husband to A. Thanks to B's efforts, A eventually found out about her husband's affair.

◆ If you've been in an affair, you'll sympathize, but it's a moment when my family life, which I thought was normal, completely breaks down in a moment. I wonder how embarrassed and how hard Mr. A must have been.

◇ Lim So-hee: That's right. However, Mr. A decided to take care of his precious daughter after a long time and protect the family. In the process, A's husband, who was found to have an affair with A, notified B of the breakup, and B, who was enraged, sent A a naked photo of A's husband through the errand center or even committed suicide.

◆ [Dualization] It's really the worst.

◇ Lim So-hee: Yes, when B was hospitalized due to suicide, B's mother came to see A's husband, and B lied to her that she had an abortion after carrying A's husband's child. Eventually, after consultation, Mr. A and his wife took out a loan with their house as collateral and handed B 350 million won on the premise of breaking up with Mr. A's husband and treatment costs, and Mr. B will never meet again. I wrote a memorandum saying that I will not make everything a problem.

◆ Binaryization: It's very unusual to pay money like this, but I won't see you again. You said you even received a memorandum, but I guess it wasn't kept.

◇ Lim So-hee: Yes, that's right. Even after writing the memorandum, B continued to have an affair with A's husband.

◆ [Dualization] The husband is out of his mind.

◇ Lim So-hee: That's right. Nevertheless, A decided to protect the family until the end and wrote in a notebook, 'I don't take mine away. Whatever it is, it doesn't take away anyone else's. Let's live a busy life, let's think about something else, let's find something fun.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: I can't even imagine how A felt. I think he had a strong motherhood to protect his child's family.

◇ Lim So-hee: Yes, that's right. However, Mr. B became increasingly anxious because of Mr. A's firm heart, and even asked Mr. A's husband to divorce him. Then Mr. A, who couldn't stand it, told Mr. B to stop contacting him. He can't divorce or not. I sent you a text message saying I love you now, but you will be abandoned like any other woman. Mr. B gets enraged when he sees Mr. A's text message and makes a terrifying plan to drop him from Mr. A's husband.

◆ [Dualization] What was the plan?

◇  Lim So-hee: Mr. B asked what kind of woman he could bring to the errand center and whether he could go to the motel and take a photo of him having sex with another man, but they were all rejected.

◆ [Voiceover] So the woman that's talking about here is talking about Mr. A, right?

◇ Lim So-hee: That's right.

◆ [Dualization] But I heard that wasn't the end of it.

◇ Lim So-hee: Yes. When B's request to the errand center was rejected, he contacted a company that handles drugs and inquired about the purchase of drugs, but he was also rejected. Then, B decided to commit a crime using cyanide while looking for a drug-related crime through an Internet search, and eventually went to meet A with cyanide.

◆ [Dualization] How did we meet? Did you break in recklessly? Because I don't think there was any reason for A to meet.

◇ Lim So-hee: Mr. B said he had something to say and visited Mr. A's apartment near midnight, and told him to drink in the car because he had bought alcohol from the mart, but he was rejected. After a scuffle, A and B went into A's house on the 11th floor of the apartment with alcohol that B bought. B made A drink mixed with cyanide in A's house, and eventually A died on the spot due to cyanide poisoning. And around 0:46 a.m., about an hour after A and B entered A's house, B covered his face and walked down to the first floor using the stairs, not the elevator.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: From A's point of view, I should put an end to it. I'm sure you had this much in mind, but it ended like this. Was there no husband there?

◇ Lim So-hee: Yes, Mr. A's husband was waiting for the results of the promotion at work and was drinking with an acquaintance after confirming that he was eliminated from the promotion. Mr. A's husband meets with Mr. B around 2:40 a.m. after this incident and returns home around 4:19 a.m. to find Mr. A lying down. Mr. A's husband informed Mr. B of Mr. A's condition and asked him to come to his house, and when Mr. B arrived, he carried Mr. A out of the house and took Mr. B's car to a nearby hospital.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: In the meantime, it's very strange to call B and go to the hospital with him. Anyway, was it immediately specified that the suspect was Mr. B, who was having an affair?

◇ Lim So-hee: Yes. The police arrested B urgently four days after the incident, but the investigation was difficult because B continued to deny the crime and failed to secure evidence of B's purchase of cyanide. In the meantime, B tried to choose an extreme group in the detention center and was hospitalized at a mental hospital for two months, making the investigation even slower. Only a few months later did the evidence come out regarding cyanide, and Mr. B was arrested again in September.

◆ Binaryization: What evidence did you have?

◇ Lim So-hee: The investigative agency secured circumstantial evidence that the PC searched the Internet for how to buy drugs and kill them with poison, and in the end, the prosecution indicted B on charges of killing A by feeding him alcohol with cyanide, that is, murder against A.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: I heard you continued to deny the crime in the trial?

◇  Lim So-hee: Yes, that's right. Mr. B argued at the trial that he had drunk soju with him at the victim's house on the day of the incident, but that he did not ride the cyanide of soju, and that he was trying to purchase cyanide for the purpose of making an extreme choice on his own. He also mentioned the possibility that A's husband murdered A. However, in the end, B's crime was recognized, and the first trial court sentenced B to 25 years in prison, and B appealed against the first trial's ruling.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: I also looked at the results of the appeal trial because I was curious. Rather, the punishment came out stronger.

◇ Lim So-hee: Yes, the appeals court sentenced Mr. B, who consistently denies the crime with various lies and excuses that are incomprehensible, to life imprisonment, saying that the sentence sentenced by the lower court was too light and unfair.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: 350 million won out of what you said. Is there any way I can get this back?

◇  Lim So-hee: A's heirs may be able to file a lawsuit against B, but in this case, the payment was made on the condition of clearing the affair, not continuing the affair, so it is not considered a violation of public order or social order that A's payment to B is not considered invalid, so it seems unlikely that the claim will be cited.

◆ What happened to your husband? Have you conducted any investigations with the police?

◇ Lim So-hee: Your husband was also investigated by the police, but he was cleared of charges.

◆ Lee Won-hwa: Case X File Today, we looked at the poisoning of cyanide, which killed the wife of a man in an internal relationship by feeding cyanide to maintain his affair. There was no self-reflection until the end of the trial of this woman, who completely took away a family and a woman's life with her perverse obsession. Will there ever be a day when you realize how big a mistake you've made? That's all we've prepared for today. You all deserve to be defended. Incident X file, thank you everyone.