Leniency granted to father who killed disabled daughter after 34 years of care

A father who killed his mentally disabled adult daughter was convicted of murder and sentenced to three years in prison, a Daegu court said Thursday, citing mitigating circumstances including the decades of care he provided for the victim. The defendant, in his 70s, suffocated his 40-year-old daughter at his former wife’s home in Daegu, about 240 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at around 9 a.m. on Oct. 23. According to the court, he attempted to quiet her down as she was making loud noises, sayin

By The Korea Herald