(1)Mom alone, who went out to prostitution to earn money for milk powder.
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(2)Park Myung-won’s case notebook for the one-year-old who was left behind.
(3)Input 20230225 AM 902 modified 20230225 AM 1055 Article ID
(4)Reporter Park Myung-won.
(5)1 family.
(6)As it became difficult to cover child support costs with 1.37 million won a month, including basic living benefits, with the family of A’s biological mother, a single mother, leaving her child alone on the day of the incident.
(7)A child was found dead about two hours after being away from home.
(8)Law unusually sentenced to co-ordination “Society is partly responsible”
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According to police and the World Daily on the 25th, B, the biological mother of the deceased infant A, has been taking care of A alone since she gave birth to him in October 2021. As a single mother, she had severe conflicts with her family members who had previously recommended abortion during pregnancy, and since then, her family relationship has virtually been cut off.
As such, B, who was not supported by his family and had no income activities after childbirth, has lived on about 1.37 million won per month, including basic living benefits and single-parent child support expenses. This is slightly more than the minimum living cost of a two-person household as of 2022 announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
However, at that time, Mr. B could not afford the monthly rent of 270,000 won, and the cost of raising milk powder and diapers, which increased with the growth of Mr. A, who was born prematurely. Mr. B received a reminder notice because he could not pay health insurance premiums, but he could not pay various utility bills on time.
Mr. B, who had no choice but to suffer from severe living difficulties, even went to prostitution to earn the increasing cost of raising A every month. He chose prostitution to make money in a short period of time as he could not find a fixed job at a time when he had to take care of a young child alone.
As a result of the police investigation, it was confirmed that B left A alone and engaged in prostitution to earn child support costs on May 21, 2022, when A died.
“The defendant has been protecting and nurturing the victim with affection even in difficult circumstances,” the court said. “It is not reasonable to criticize the defendant entirely socially for the outcome of the crime.”