Claiming It Was "Schizophrenic Delusion"... Why the Court Believed the Saekdongwon Victims

The facility head who sexually assaulted women with severe intellectual disabilities for nearly 15 years was sentenced to 15 years in prison and immediately filed an appeal. Throughout the trial, he insisted that "the victims saw hallucinations due to schizophrenia," but the court of first instance dismantled his claims one by one. With victims who struggled to speak and could not remember dates, what on earth did the court look at to believe their words? We broke down the first-instance ruling point by point.

(Reported and produced by Yeo Hyeon-gyo | Video editing by Yoon Ye-ran | Design by Ahn Jun-seok | Assistance by Kim Chae-hyun | Production by Intellectual Content IP Team)

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