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A South Korean man won his appeal against a one-year jail term for assisting in a suicide by throwing a lighter to his gasoline-soaked rival in love.
The Seoul appeal court reversed a lower court ruling, saying that the 30-year-old man had not believed the ex-lover of his girlfriend would actually set light to himself.
Last September, the former boyfriend had stopped the couple in their car after dousing himself in petrol, threatening to kill himself if she did not get out.
The defendant then threw him a lighter, saying: “Go ahead and kill yourself,” the news agency said.
The man died of his burns.
A leading contender for a Darwin Award.
Interesting. Lets take the facts as stated. I would say the man is “guilty” of not being very supportive of a fellow human beings emotional needs, but criminally?–No, don’t think so. Yet the first trial found him guilty, so I guess people can disagree?
It’s like that old lawyer joke…
– What do you do if you see a lawyer drowning?
+ Throw him an anchor…
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
I don’t understand you guys. This is just a sad story… why is it so easy to insensitive on the net?
I don’t understand you guys. This is just a sad story… why is it so easy to be insensitive on the net?
I’ve never tried smoked Korean.
#6, Judge,
It’s an acquired taste.
One less idiot on the earth. Oh well !