A 48-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday for murdering his wife and two daughters after losing his job and money in stock trading.
Judge Choi Chang-yeong of the Seoul Central District Court convicted the man, identified only by his surname Kang, of strangling his 44-year-old wife and two daughters, aged 14 and 8, at their home in a posh Seoul neighborhood in January.
He unsuccessfully tried to kill himself before police tracked him down.
Kang said he was suffering from depression after losing his job and about 300 million won ($270,000) in stock trading since 2012.
“Kang had more than enough assets to pay off all his debts, but killed his family simply because he was feeling desperate and didn’t want to ask his parents for help,” the judge said. (Yonhap)
