The Seoul Western District Court grants warrants for a man accused of murder and a woman accused of attempted murder, citing flight risk in both cases.
The Seoul Western District Court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant for a man in his 60s accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, a woman in her 70s, at his residence in Bulgwang-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, on Thursday, citing the risk of flight. Judge Park Seok-keun granted the warrant following a pre-trial detention hearing, The Korea Herald reported.
Police found the suspect unconscious beside the victim shortly after the incident, the Herald reported. He was rushed to a hospital for emergency treatment, discharged the following day and taken into custody. He largely admitted to the charges during police questioning. Between September 2024 and her death, the victim filed four police reports against him for stalking.
Following her third report on July 18, police arrested the suspect for breaching a restraining order after he went to her home and strangled her, the Herald reported. Police requested an arrest warrant, but prosecutors rejected it, citing his stage-4 lung cancer and the need for further investigation.
The same court on Saturday also issued a warrant for a woman in her 50s on charges of attempted murder, citing the risk of flight, The Korea Herald and Yonhap reported. She was apprehended Wednesday after allegedly stabbing a psychiatry professor with a knife at Severance Hospital in western Seoul.
The doctor sustained injuries to his face and hand, including a wound of around 5 centimeters, and was taken to an emergency room for treatment. The injury was not life-threatening. According to sources, the woman was not a patient waiting for psychiatry treatment at the hospital, the reports said.
