According to Newsis on the 25th, the trial was held on the 23rd at the Nonsan Branch of the Daejeon District Court (Presiding Judge Hyun-woo Lee) with the questioning of witnesses from the bereaved family.
At the trial on this day, the victim’s mother, Ms. A, appeared wearing the same clothes her daughter was wearing at the time of the victim, holding a portrait photo of her deceased daughter to her chest and made the judge look solemn.
Mr. A said, “Respected judge! Please grant my daughter’s wish. Even when my daughter went, she couldn’t close her eyes and went with them open. “If my daughter had closed her eyes, she wouldn’t have come to court today,” he said in tears.
The judge, who had been stern at his screams, quickly became a sea of tears.
Mr. C, director of the sexual violence counseling center who attended the witness interrogation, said, “When I first met the victim, Mr. B, he did not look like a 24-year-old adult, as he was drooling while eating bread,” and added, “The victim’s condition was so serious that I had never seen him go to infantile regression.” “I did it,” he testified.
Mr. D, the alleged suspect, was an acquaintance of Mr. B’s father and someone whom Mr. B followed like an uncle. Mother A said, “My child’s father and I were often absent due to work, and Mr. D, who worked in insurance, helped us with many aspects of our lives, so we were like family. Since we had no contact with our relatives, we were closer than family since 2005.” “It was between us,” he explained.
Regarding how she learned of the damage, Mr. A said, “I heard that he forcibly attempted to sexually assault me in the backseat at a parking lot near Noseongsanseong Fortress in the district under the pretext of road driving training,” and added, “At that time, my daughter hit her head on the car handle and suffered injuries. “I found it,” he said.
Mr. A was angry and said, “Even if I were to give him the whole world, I have absolutely no intention of reaching an agreement with Mr. B,” and “I want a strong punishment for him.”
Mr. B’s sad story was also covered on SBS’ ‘I Want to Know’ on the 5th. In the episode titled ’24 Years Old – Scattered Testimonies and Diaries’, Mr. B was a college graduate who dreamed of becoming a flight attendant.
After being sexually assaulted, Mr. B’s condition deteriorated to the point where he could not recognize his parents. It was diagnosed that due to extreme stress, his cognitive ability had regressed to that of a 4-year-old.
Mr. B’s condition seemed to gradually improve with continued treatment and the care of his parents, but after accidentally encountering Mr. D at the supermarket in June of last year, his condition deteriorated rapidly and he died two months later.
Currently, Mr. D was indicted on charges of rape and assault and defamation of a lion last June. He is accused of sexually assaulting Mr. B five times in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province in November 2021 and causing her death from the shock.
The next witness examination is scheduled to be held on the 1st of next month.
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