Overview
- The Suncheon branch of the Gwangju District Court sentenced the mother to life in prison on Thursday.
- The father received four years and six months for failing to stop the abuse and for threatening a witness.
- Home surveillance and an autopsy showed 19 assaults and 23 fractures with internal injuries.
- Prosecutors had sought life for the mother and 10 years for the father, but judges imposed a shorter term on him.
- Citizens gathered outside the courthouse to mourn the infant and call for severe punishment.