A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger “out of curiosity”.

Jung Yoo-jung, 23, had been obsessed with crime shows and novels and scored highly on psychopath tests, police said.

Fixated with the idea of “trying out a murder”, she used an app to meet an English-language teacher, stabbing her to death at her home in May.

The brutal killing shocked South Korea.

Prosecutors had asked for the death penalty - a request typically reserved for the gravest of offences.

  • @NOT_RICK
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    1 year ago

    You’d think a true crime addict would know what to do to be a little more discreet

    • Flying Squid
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      Although I don’t even think you have to be a true crime addict to realize that taking a taxi to dispose of body parts is a ridiculously stupid idea.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      She was discrete - there was exactly one of her, and one suitcase, and one victim. I think you might mean discreet.

      • @NOT_RICK
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        241 year ago

        Thanks, stupid homophones

      • @[email protected]
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        Oh shit, I’ve probably been making the discrete/discreet mistake for years. Discreet just looks like it’s spelled wrong, so I’ll probably keep making that mistake.