A taekwondo studio employee and head suspected of trying to kill a husband with alcohol mixed with drugs have been arrested and jailed.
On the 9th, Judge Lee Hyo-seon of the Bucheon branch of the Incheon District Court issued arrest warrants after holding a pretrial detention hearing for suspect A, a taekwondo studio head in their 20s, and suspect B, an employee in their 40s, who are accused of attempted murder, saying there is a risk they could destroy evidence or flee.
A and B are suspected of attempting to kill C, B's husband in his 50s, by storing a 1.8L plastic bottle of soju laced with drugs in the refrigerator of a dwellings in Wonmi District, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, on the 25th of last month.
Police believe they planned the crime by targeting C's habit of drinking alone. However, it was found that the incident did not lead to actual harm because C did not drink the alcohol in question.
The case additionally came to light during the investigation after A was arrested in the act on Apr. 6 at about 6:30 p.m. on suspicion of aggravated assault for swinging a weapon at C at B's home and injuring C. Police secured indications of conspiracy in text messages the two exchanged, then urgently arrested B and charged both with attempted murder.