A man in his 30s who killed his mother in Goesan, North Chungcheong, in December said in court that he committed the crime because he did not want to hear nagging.
At the first trial held on Jan. 14 under the Criminal Division 11 of the Cheongju District Court (Presiding Judge Tae Ji-young), A, who was indicted and detained on charges of killing a lineal ascendant, admitted to killing his mother but argued that he did not act under religious delusions.
When the judge asked whether A admitted the prosecution's charge that "A killed his mother to break away from God because the God in A's heart broke a promise not to touch A's trauma," A answered, "I do not admit it."
When the judge pressed A on the motive, A said, "I went down to Goesan because I didn't want to hear my mother's nagging, but she chased me (all the way to Goesan) and nagged me, so I committed the crime."
Before the hearing, A asked for a closed proceeding, saying, "People might think it's strange," but the court did not accept it, saying there was no reasonable cause.
Earlier, at about 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 last year, A was brought to trial on charges of brutally killing a sleeping mother in her 60s by swinging a blunt instrument and a knife dozens of times at a home in Goesan County.
In the initial police investigation, A said in substance, "I believed God would protect my mother, and even if she died, I thought God would bring her back to life."
A, who had been living in Gyeonggi Province, was reportedly traveling back and forth to Goesan with family members for three years to prepare for a rural life.