Yang Kwang-joon claims "accidental crime" of "murder and defamation of fellow military personnel."

Yang Kwang-joon, a 38-year-old active-duty army officer who damaged and imprisoned his body after killing a fellow female military officer, insisted on an "accidental crime" at the trial.

At the second hearing held at Chuncheon District Court, Yang admitted the indictment, but asked for it to be taken into account in sentencing, saying it was an accidental crime, not a premeditated one.It has been confirmed that Ms.

has submitted a letter of apology to the court three times since the first hearing last month, and asked to deliver it to the bereaved family.

In response, the court explained that since the court cannot send a letter of apology to the victim on behalf of Yang, there is a way to deliver it to the victim through a lawyer.

In addition, Yang asked the victim to continue the trial for an agreement, saying he was willing to compensate.

Yang, a former military academy and an active lieutenant colonel, was put on trial on October 25 last year on charges of killing a 33-year-old civilian A who worked with him, damaging the body and abandoning it.While dating victim A, Mr.
was found to have killed him and dumped the damaged body around the Bukhangang River to prevent his relationship with the victim A from being revealed.

In particular, it was confirmed that he used the victim's mobile phone to contact his acquaintances to hide the crime and pretended as if the victim was still alive.The next hearing for Mr.

will be held on March 6th.