Kim Shin-hye, a 'killing father' weapon, 'not guilty' 25 years after the incident.

2025.01.06. PM 2:59
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Retrial Tribunal "Failure of Guilty Evidence and Lack of Motivation for Survival"
25 years ago, people in their 50s died...The eldest daughter Kim Shin-hye was named as a suspect
At the time, the police said, "My eldest daughter committed a crime seeking insurance money out of spite."
Kim Shin-hye, who confessed to the crime, reversed her statement and denied the allegation
In November 2015, the police investigation was found to be illegal and a retrial was initiated.
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Kim Shin-hye, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her father, was acquitted in a retrial.

The court judged that there was no evidence that Kim murdered his father and that he lacked a motive for killing him.

Let's connect with the reporter and hear more details.

Reporter Na Hyunho! You were acquitted 25 years after the incident.

[Journalist]
Yes, that's right.

The trial was held at Haenam Branch of the Gwangju District Court.

Weapon Kim Shin-hye was acquitted in a retrial.

It's been 25 years since the incident happened in the last 2,000 years.

The court judged that the evidence that convicted Kim was not capable of evidence, such as illegal collection.

In addition, it was difficult to say that there was sexual abuse against Kim and his younger brother, which the prosecution has claimed, so it was judged that there was no reason to accept it.

It was in March 2000 that the case of acquittal took place today.

Looking back on the incident, a man in his 50s was found dead at a bus stop in Wando, Jeollanam-do at the time.

In the first place, the police assumed it was a hit-and-run accident.

However, the situation changed rapidly when an autopsy found sleep-inducing agents in the body.

Police concluded that Kim Shin-hye, the eldest daughter in her 50s who died, committed a crime seeking insurance money because she was vindictive of her half-sister and her father's sexual harassment against her.

Kim, who confessed to the investigative agency immediately after his arrest, later reversed his statement during the trial.

Many of the insurance policies signed up in my father's name have already been canceled, and the rest of the insurance policies have been denied the charges, saying they cannot receive insurance payments less than two years later.

However, following the first and second trials, Kim was sentenced to life in prison, saying that the Supreme Court lacked evidence to prove his innocence.

Since then, Kim Shin-hye has pleaded not guilty.

In November 2015, the court decided to start a retrial, saying that the illegality and coercion of the police investigation were recognized at the time.

So far, the Gwangju Jeonnam Report Headquarters has delivered it.

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: Lee Kang-hwi



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