A taekwondo studio employee and the head instructor accused of trying to kill a husband by mixing drugs into alcohol are facing arrest warrants.
On the afternoon of the 9th, the Bucheon branch of the Incheon District Court is holding a pretrial detention hearing (warrant review) for A, a taekwondo studio head instructor in their 20s, and B, an employee in their 40s, who are accused of attempted murder.
They entered the court without answering reporters' questions such as, "When did you start planning the crime? Do you admit to the charges?" and "What is the relationship between the two of you?"
The warrant review began at 4 p.m. that day. A decision on whether to detain them is expected in the late afternoon.
A and B are accused of attempting to kill C, B's husband in his 50s, after storing a 1.8L plastic bottle of soju laced with drugs in the refrigerator of a dwelling in Wonmi District, Bucheon, Gyeonggi, on the 25th of last month.
Police believe they prepared the crime by targeting C's habit of drinking alone. However, it was found that C did not drink the alcohol in question, so it did not result in actual harm.
The case additionally came to light during the investigation after A was arrested in the act on the 6th at about 6:30 p.m. on suspicion of aggravated assault for slashing C with a weapon at B's home.
Police secured evidence of conspiracy from text messages exchanged between the two, urgently arrested B, and applied attempted murder charges to both.
In a police interview, C was quoted as saying, "My wife was under the psychological control of the head instructor," and "The head instructor manipulated things from behind and continued the murder attempts."