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Murderer of housewife lived alone, having no friend

주부 살해범에 '성욕 어떻게 푸나' 묻자

Posted : 2012-08-23 18:27

Updated : 2012-08-23 18:27

By Kim Jong-chan

“Do you buy sex?” asked an official at an ex-convict surveillance office in Seoul, when he met a man who, despite wearing an electronic tracing anklet, allegedly killed a woman he was attempting to rape.

In reply, the man, who lived alone, complained that he could not meet any one since he wears an electronic tracing anklet. “It’s crazy…” He was previously convicted for raping women three times.

The 42-year-old, surnamed Seo, was arrested Monday on charges of attempted rape and murder. He was released from prison in November last year, after serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence for raping a woman in her 20s in Seoul in April 2004.

According to police, Seo sneaked into the woman’s house in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, and attempted to attack her. When the housewife, 37, resisted, he stabbed her to death in the neck, said a spokesman at Gwangjin Police Station.

The official, Kim Sang-sul, said Seo told him last month that he visited an electronic alliances complex in Yongsan, Seoul, to buy a secondhand PC. “At that time, I thought that he needed a PC to watch pornography as a way of fulfilling his sexual needs.”

Kim, who had conducted surveillance of the ex-convict for the past several months, said Seo had no friends. After returning home from work in the evening, he spent his time surfing the Internet alone in a room he rented.

The official said Seo often made efforts to control his sexual desire. However, he failed to control himself that day after watching porn videos for three hours and drinking a bottle of soju (Korean liquor), he said.

Seo broke into the house after the woman went out to see her two children off to kindergarten, with the door of her home unlocked. After entering the house, he waited for her to return.

According to Kim, Seo has father in his 80s and nine brothers and sisters. But all of them became estranged from him after he was convicted for raping a woman 20 years ago when he served in the military.

주부 살해범에 '성욕 어떻게 푸나' 묻자
"16일(사건 나흘 전) 밤 10시쯤 서씨 집에 찾아갔을 때 만나 얘기만 나눴어도 이런 참담한 상황이 달라지지 않았을까 하는 마음이 들어요." 서울보호관찰소 김상술(41) 관찰관은 안타까운 심정을 전했다. 20일 전자발찌(위치추적전자장치)를 찬 채 다섯 살, 네 살짜리 자녀를 둔 주부를 성폭행하려다 살해한 서모(42)씨를 담당했던 김 관찰관은 지난해 11월 만기 출소한 서씨의 유일한 말 벗이었다. 서씨가 원룸을 얻어 독립해 생활할 당시 김 관찰관이 "너 돈 주고라도 하니?"라며 욕구 해소를 어떻게 하는지 물었을 때 서씨는 "전자발찌를 차고는 아무도 못 만나겠다. 미치겠다"는 말도 했다고 한다. 지난달 서씨가 "인터넷 접속이 빠른 컴퓨터가 필요하다"며 용산전자상가로 중고 컴퓨터를 보러 다닐 때 김 관찰관은 최소한의 욕구해소 통로로 서씨가 성인 동영상을 생각하는 걸로 짐작했다. 김 관찰관은 "서씨에게는 동료도 술 친구도 아무도 없었다. 퇴근 후에는 늘 8평 남짓의 월세 방에서 컴퓨터를 하며 홀로 시간을 보냈다"며 "서씨가 그간 성욕을 억제하려 애를 많이 썼다"고 말했다. 하지만 서씨는 3시간여의 음란물 시청과 소주 한 병이 결합된 20일 아침 야수 본능을 억제하지 못했다. 김 관찰관의 눈에 서씨는 외톨이 그 자체였다. 여든이 넘은 아버지와 아홉 형제가 있지만 20년 전 서씨가 단기사병으로 복무할 때 저지른 성폭력 사건 이후 가족은 서씨 곁을 떠났다.

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