Killing neighbors in their 40s for noise between floors, sentenced to 30 years in prison

A man in his 40s who murdered a neighboring woman for this reason even though there was no noise between floors was sentenced to 30 years in prison in the first trial.

The Seoul Southern District Court today (31st) sentenced a man in his 40s, identified only by his surname Lim, to 30 years in prison and ordered him to attach a location-tracking electronic device for 10 years.

The court said the victim was brutally killed by Lim, who lived in the same building in a residence that should be safer than anywhere else in the world without any fault, and pointed out that the crime process was very brutal and the crime was poor.Lim

is accused of wielding a weapon and killing a neighbor in her 50s who spread laundry on the rooftop at a villa in Gangseo-gu around 9:30 a.m. on June 2.Mr. Lim

planned the crime, saying he would retaliate for the noise between floors of the house below, but according to statements from his parents and residents of the same villa who lived in the same house as Mr. Lim, there was no noise problem between floors.Mr. Lim

visited the victim's house two weeks before the crime, but failed to commit the crime because there was no answer, but found the victim on the rooftop on the day of the incident and committed the crime.