Prosecutors appealed the verdict for Kim So-young, 20, who was sentenced to life in prison at the first trial on charges of serially killing men by making them drink beverages laced with drugs in northern Seoul's Gangbuk District.
On Dec. 2, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office said it appealed the first-trial ruling for Kim So-young, who was indicted on charges including murder, citing misapprehension of facts, misapplication of law, and unfair sentencing.
The Seoul Northern District Court on Nov. 27 sentenced Kim So-young to life in prison and ordered her to wear an electronic location-tracking device for 30 years. Prosecutors, who had sought the death penalty during trial, said the first-trial sentence is lenient given the severity of the crimes and culpability.
Prosecutors also included in the appeal their view that the court erred in facts and law when it acquitted Kim of aggravated assault against one of six victims.
The victims' families also said immediately after the first-trial sentencing that they would submit an opinion asking prosecutors to appeal.
Kim So-young also appealed the first-trial ruling on Nov. 28. With both prosecutors and the defendant appealing, the case will be reviewed on appeal.
Kim So-young was indicted and detained on charges that, from December last year to February this year, she handed beverages mixed with psychotropic drugs to three men in their 20s, killing two and leaving one unconscious. She was additionally indicted on charges of injuring three men in their 20s and 30s using the same method from October last year to January this year.