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Busan District Court termed the woman’s act as self-defence and acquitted her of the charges in the retrial.
Busan District Court termed the woman’s act as self-defence and acquitted her of the charges in the retrial.
A 78-yeard-old woman, who had partially bitten off the tongue of her attempted rapist, was acquitted on Wednesday after more than six decades since her conviction.
According to Yonhap agency, the woman, named Choi Mal-ja, was in 1964 sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for two years, for biting off 1.5 centimeters of the tongue of the man who allegedly tried to rape her.
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Cho was 18 at the time of the incident. She had claimed self-defence but the courts rejected her argument. Meanwhile, the perpetrator was only booked for trespassing and blackmail and sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for two years.
In 2020, Choi filed for an appeal and the Supreme Court agreed to her claim three years later, Yonhap reported.
During the retrial, the prosecutors demanded Choi’s acquittal while apologising for giving her “unimaginable suffering and pain.”
On Wednesday, the Busan District Court termed the woman’s act as self-defence and acquitted her of the charges in the retrial.
“Those around me tried to dissuade me, saying it would be like hitting a rock with an egg, but I couldn’t bury the case,” Choi said after the court decision. “I had to take the lead for victims who shared the same fate as myself, and I wanted to be their hope.”
South Korea
September 10, 2025, 13:53 IST
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