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Mon, June 27, 2022 | 03:04
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Sewol captain sentenced to life imprisonment after appeal hearing
이준석 선장 항소심서 살인죄 인정…기관장은 살인 무죄
Posted : 2015-04-28 10:44
Updated : 2015-11-12 14:15
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Lee Jun-seok, former captain of the Sewol ferry, enters the court cells at Gwangju High Court, Tuesday. / Yonhap
Lee Jun-seok, former captain of the Sewol ferry, enters the court cells at Gwangju High Court, Tuesday. / Yonhap

By Kim Bo-eun

Lee Jun-seok, the captain of the Sewol ferry, received a life sentence in prison after a murder charge against him was upheld in an appeal verdict Tuesday morning.

Gwangju High Court annulled a 36-year jail sentence previously handed down by the city's district court, and sentenced Lee to life imprisonment during an appeal hearing for 15 of the Sewol crew and the ferry operator Cheonghaejin Marine, which was indicted for oil spills that occurred during the sinking.

The court sentenced the other 14 crew members to prison terms ranging from one and a half to 12 years. Three crew members were cleared of murder charges.

The Chief Mate was sentenced to 12 years and the second mate, seven years. The Chief Engineer surnamed Park will serve 10 years in jail.

In the first trial, he was found guilty of murdering members of the crew and sentenced to 30 years in prison, and Cheonghaejin Marine was fined 10 million won.

The prosecution initially sought the death penalty for Lee and life imprisonment for Park and two others, and 15 to 30 years in prison for the other 11 defendants.



이준석 선장 항소심서 살인죄 인정…기관장은 살인 무죄

이준석(70) 세월호 선장이 항소심에서 살인죄가 인정돼 무기징역을 선고받았다.

1심에서 동료 승무원에 대한 살인죄가 인정된 기관장, 승객 살인 혐의가 적용돼 무죄 판결을 받은 다른 승무원 2명 등 3명은 살인 무죄 판결을 받았다.

광주고법 형사 5부(서경환 부장판사)는 28일 세월호 승무원 15명과 세월호 침몰 당시 기름 유출과 관련해 기소된 청해진해운(법인)에 대한 항소심에서 이 선장에 대해 징역 36년을 선고한 원심을 파기하고 무기징역을 선고했다.

재판부는 1심과 달리 살인죄를 인정했다.

재판부는 '이 선장은 무책임한 행위로 꽃다운 나이의 학생들이 꿈을 펼치지도 못하고 삶을 마감하게 했고 생때같은 아이들을 가슴에 품고 분노에 신음하는 부모들, 장례도 치르지 못하고 팽목항을 떠도는 실종자 가족들에게 치유할 수 없는 상처를 줬다'며 '대한민국의 국격을 곤두박질치게 한 이 선장의 행위는 어떤 명분으로도 용서받지 못할 것'이라고 밝혔다.

재판장은 이 선장에 대한 양형사유를 설명하던 중 벅차오르는 감정을 주체못해 울먹이기도 했다.

재판부는 1등 항해사 강모씨에게 징역 12년을, 기관장 박모씨에게는 징역 10년을, 2등 항해사 김모씨에게는 징역 7년을 각각 선고했다.

재판부는 기관장에게 적용된 동료 승무원 살인 혐의, 1등 항해사와 2등 항해사에게 적용된 승객 살인 혐의는 무죄로 판단했다. 

사고 당시 당직이었던 3등 항해사 박모씨와 조타수 조모씨는 징역 5년을, 기관부 승무원 5명은 징역 3년을 선고받았다. 

이밖에 적극적으로 구호조치를 한 조타수 2명은 징역 2년을, 근로계약서도 작성하지 않은 상태에서 사고 당일 처음으로 세월호에 올라탄 2명에 대해서는 징역 1년 6개월이 선고됐다.

1심과 비교해 승무원 직급, 사고 후 태도 등에 따라 피고인별로 형을 차등화했다.

1심에서는 이 선장 외에 기관장 박모(54)씨가 동료 승무원에 대한 살인 혐의가 인정돼 징역 30년을 선고받는 등 나머지 14명은 징역 5~30년을, 청해진해운은 벌금 1천만원을 선고받고 각각 항소했다. (연합뉴스)

 
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