South Korean judge who handed Kim Keon-hee 4-year term found dead days after verdict
Police found an apparent suicide note as investigators said the judge likely fell from a building after ruling in Kim Keon Hee’s appeal.
- On Wednesday, South Korean appellate court judge Shin Jong-o was found dead near the Seoul High Court in Seocho district. Police suspect the 55-year-old died after falling from the building at approximately 1 am.
- Eight days before his death, Shin presided over the appeals trial for former first lady Kim Keon Hee. He increased her sentence to four years in prison, overturning a lower court decision that had sentenced her to 20 months.
- The appellate court found Kim guilty of influence-peddling and violating the Capital Markets Act in connection with the Deutsche Motors stock manipulation case. The ruling ordered the confiscation of a Graff necklace worth 62.2 million won.
- Police discovered a suicide note in Shin's pocket that made no mention of the Kim case or his judicial duties. Authorities stated they do not suspect foul play in the incident.
- Born in Seoul, Shin began his judicial career in 2011 at the Uijeongbu branch of the Seoul District Court. Police continue investigating the exact circumstances surrounding the judge's death.
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South Korean police found the body of a South Korean judge on Wednesday who had more than doubled the prison sentence of a former First Lady last month.
The judge who presided over the corruption appeal trial against the former First Lady of South Korea Kim Keon Hee has been found dead on Wednesday near a court in the capital, Seoul, as confirmed by the authorities, who have not yet ruled on the causes of his death.The police have located the body of the judge, Shin Jong O, in a midwifery located near the Seoul High Court complex, after receiving an alert about an hour earlier, as the South Kore…
A South Korean judge who last week stiffened them in appeal the prison sentence of the country's former first lady was found dead on Wednesday, announced the police, reports AFP.
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