
A deranged true-crime fan from South Korea who told police she savagely stabbed and butchered an English tutor “out of curiosity” — while pretending to be a high school student — has been sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Jung Yoo-jung, 23, but she begged the court for leniency, claiming that she suffered from hallucinations and a host of mental health issues, reported BBC News.
The Busan District Court spared Jung’s life, but rejected her claims that the monstrous killing was triggered by mental illness, given that the crime had been “carefully planned and carried out,”...