Court lifts sentence on South Korean woman who bit off attacker’s tongue
A South Korean court has acquitted a woman previously convicted for defending herself against an act of sexual violence six decades ago.
Busan’s District Court overturned the previous ruling on Wednesday, saying Choi Mal-ja’s actions “constitute justifiable self-defence ” under South Korean law.
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The ruling overturns Choi’s 1965 conviction, when the court found her actions had “exceeded the reasonable bounds of legally permissible self-defence ”.
Choi, who was 19 at the time of the incide...
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