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‘Stalking Murder’ Jeon Joo-hwan “Crime by resenting the victim for a medium sentence”

‘Sindang Station Stalking Murder’ Jeon Joo-hwan
Find the victim’s address 4 times before the crime
Planning to commit an offense after being sentenced to 9 years in prison
“Because of the resentment that it was the victim’s fault”

▲ Jeon Joo-hwan, accused of stalking murder
Jeon Joo-hwan, a suspect in the Shindang Station murder, is transferred from Namdaemun Police Station to the prosecution on the 21st. The police sent Jeon Joo-hwan, who was arrested on a charge of murdering a female station worker in her 20s, who was stalking the women’s restroom at Sindang Station, to the prosecution. 2022.9.21.
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Jeon Joo-hwan (31, arrested), the suspect in the ‘Sindang Station Stalking Murder Case’ in Seoul, said, “Anger that it was the victim’s fault that the sentence was imposed That’s why I committed a crime,” it was stated on the 21st. Jeon, who removed his mask and revealed his face as he was sent to the prosecution on that day, said, “I did something very crazy,” and “I’m sorry.”

The police explained that it appears that Chun decided to commit the crime after the 18th of last month, when the prosecution asked for 9 years in prison for Chun, who was accused of illegal filming and stalking.

On the day of the decision hearing last month, Jeon found the station office at Jeungsan Station on Subway Line 6 in Eunpyeong-gu, near his house, and connected to the Seoul Transportation Corporation’s internal computer network to look up an address. the victim. After that, Jeon, who visited the victim’s previous address, registered on the internal network three times, on the 5th, 9th and 13th, On the 14th, the day of the crime, the victim’s address was searched again at Jeungsan Station.close behind wandering for about 2 hoursand waiting for the crime to happen.

There is Jeon When the victim did not appear at the registered residence on the internal network, the station office at Gusan Station checked the victim’s workplace again and returned to Sindang Station at around 6 pm. caption After that, Jeon, who was waiting for the victim at Sindang Station, patrolled alone and followed the victim to the women’s restroom and committed the crime.

Jeon told the police, “The victim’s complaint led to a trial and he was sentenced to 9 years in prison. It’s all because of the victim.”he was said to have declared.

A police officer said, “After being charged, I said I bought a weapon with the intention of dying because I thought, ‘My life is over.

Police did not apply for an arrest warrant when the victim’s second complaint was filed, and as criticism mounted, “Most of the text messages were sent asking for an agreement, and they did not come directly to the victim. It was decided that the immediate and physical risk was not high.”he did Jeon added that he has not contacted or approached the victim since February 15, when the victim investigation took place.

In the process of sending Jeon to the prosecution, six members of the Progressive Party held up signs such as ‘Stop the perpetrator-centered judgement’ and shouted, “Strictly punish the perpetrators who stalk”, but they were stopped by the police. The Progressive Party announced on the 17th that it had received around 2,300 signatures the day before, four days later, after a signature campaign calling for severe punishment for the crime of stalking and disciplinary action against the judge who refused Jeon’s arrest warrant.

Reporter Kwak So-young