South Korea stalker jailed 40 years for killing woman in subway
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- 13 Feb 2023
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A man in South Korea has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for killing a female colleague who had reported him for stalking and harassment.
The case sparked an outcry and calls for legal reform in South Korea, after police failed to act adequately on the victim's repeated complaints.
Jeon Joo-hwan, 31, was convicted of stabbing the woman to death in a subway restroom in central Seoul last year.
A Seoul court on Tuesday said it had been a "revenge killing".
Jeon, a subway worker, had become obsessed with his 28-year-old female co-worker, stalking and threatening her over two years, the court heard. He called his colleague more than 300 times, begging her to date him and threatening to harm her if she refused.
Despite a police investigation and a request to the courts for him to be detained, he was never imprisoned or given a restraining order. Authorities viewed him as "low-risk". Read More…
