The Korea Times
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07-23-2009
By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
A Cambodian woman was sentenced to prison for killing her husband, who had been repeatedly violent to her.
The Daegu District Court gave the unidentified woman, 18, a four-year sentence Thursday for stabbing her husband to death.
``She was pregnant, and we acknowledge that she used the knife to defend herself. But she stabbed him three times and the wounds showed that she attacked him consciously, so it was a preemptive attack rather than legitimate self-defense,'' the court said.
The woman came to Korea in April of last year to get married. The 38-year-old husband, under the influence of alcohol, attacked her at their home in Daegu in January.
A civic group helping foreign spouses said that it would mount an appeal for her.
The bereaved family claimed that the husband had cared for her. ``He took out a loan so she could receive dental treatment, and on the day of the killing, he visited a market far from home to get his pregnant wife tropical fruits,'' a family member said.
rahnita@koreatimes.co.kr
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