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Tue, October 3, 2023 | 13:45
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Father arrested for abusing, starving daughter for 2 years
"배가 고파서요…" 2년간 감금·학대 11살 딸 맨발 탈출
Posted : 2015-12-20 17:20
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By Kim Se-jeong

Police, supervised by the prosecution, have arrested a man for abusing and starving his 11-year-old daughter for two years.

According to the Incheon Yeonsu Police, Sunday, they arrested the 32-year-old father on charges of child abuse. His live-in girlfriend and another friend were also charged with the same offense and arrested.

They allegedly confined the girl at home and did not provide enough food from 2013.

The unemployed father was a computer game addict and did not let her go to school. She told police that her father played computer games all day long except for when he ate and slept.

The abuse was brought to light after the girl fled home on Dec. 12 by climbing down pipes from her room on the second floor.

She tried to steal bread at a nearby supermarket but the owner caught her. Seeing that she was barefoot and wearing just shorts and a tee-shirt, he called the police.

The police took her to a hospital where she was found to have fractured ribs and bruises on her legs and arms. She said the father hit her with his fists, feet and sometimes steel pipes. She has since been hospitalized for treatment.

The girl said she often had to endure a week without any food but couldn't imagine running away as she feared her father.

When police found the girl, she was 120 centimeters tall but weighed only 16 kilograms, the standard weight for a four-year-old child.

The father was separated from the daughter's biological mother eight years ago, and was living off his girlfriend's paycheck. He admitted that he beat the girl, but claimed it was for discipline.

After treatment, police will send the girl to a counseling center.


"배가 고파서요…" 2년간 감금·학대 11살 딸 맨발 탈출

게임중독 30대 아버지가 딸 감금, 굶기고 상습 폭행
초등 5학년 나이 어린이 몸무게가 16kg…4살 평균 몸무게

온라인 게임에 중독된 30대 남성이 어린 딸을 2년간 감금·폭행한 혐의로 구속된 가운데 학대 정황이 추가로 확인됐다.

인천 연수경찰서는 딸 A(11)양을 2년간 집에 가둔 채 굶기고 상습 폭행한 혐의(아동학대)로 아버지 B(32)씨를 구속했다. 

폭행에 가담한 동거녀 C(35)씨와 그의 친구 D(36·여)씨도 같은 혐의로 구속됐다.

A양이 집에서 감금된 채 밖으로 나오지 못한 것은 2013년 아버지 B씨와 함께 인천 연수구 빌라로 이사를 간 뒤부터다.

A양은 2학년1학기까지는 학교에 다녔지만 아버지 B씨는 인천으로 이사한 이후에는 A양을 학교에 보내지도 않고 집에 가뒀다.

B씨는 동거녀 C(35)씨와 살며 직업도 없이 온종일 온라인 게임 '리니지'에 빠져 살았다.

A양은 경찰에서 '아빠는 먹는 시간, 잠자는 시간 말고는 거의 컴퓨터 앞에 앉아 게임만 했다'고 진술했다.

B씨는 딸을 자주 때렸다. 

음식을 제대로 주지 않은 탓에 A양이 집에 남은 음식이라도 찾아 먹으면 B씨는 '아무 음식이나 먹는다'며 호되게 매질했다.

B씨는 손과 발로 딸을 때리고 옷걸이를 걸어두는 행거 쇠 파이프로도 때렸다. 

지난 12일 집에서 탈출했을 당시 A양의 늑골은 골절된 상태였고 다리와 팔 곳곳이 멍들어 있었다.

A양은 아빠가 일주일 넘게 밥을 주지 않을 때도 있었다고 진술했다.

최소한의 영양도 섭취하지 못한 탓에 A양의 키는 120cm, 몸무게는 16kg에 그쳤다.

초등학교 5학년 나이 어린이의 몸무게가 4살 평균 몸무게에 불과했다.

A양을 보고 최초 신고한 슈퍼 주인도 경찰에 '6살 정도 돼 보이는 아이가 맨발로 혼자 돌아다니고 있다'고 신고했을 정도로 A양은 야윈 상태였다.

A양은 심리적으로 위축된데다 아빠가 더한 폭행을 할까 봐 집 밖에 나갈 생각을 하지 못했다고 말했다.

A양은 그러나 지난 12일 낮 11시께 너무 배가 고프자 빌라 2층 세탁실에서 가스배관을 타고 아빠 몰래 탈출했다.

엄동설한에도 반바지와 얇은 긴소매 티셔츠만 입고 맨발로 집을 빠져나올 정도로 경황이 없었다.

A양은 빵이 너무 먹고 싶어 인근 슈퍼로 향했다.

그러나 슈퍼 주인은 왜소한 여자 어린이가 맨발로 혼자 돌아다니는 것을 이상히 여겨 경찰에 신고해 도움을 요청했다.

B씨와 동거녀는 A양이 도망갔다는 사실을 뒤늦게 눈치 채고 달아났다가 경찰에 검거됐다.

B씨는 약 8년 전 아내와 이별한 뒤 별다른 직업 없이 지내다가 동거녀 도움으로 생계를 꾸려온 것으로 조사됐다.

A양은 아동보호기관 등의 지원으로 현재 병원에서 늑골 치료를 받으며 심리적 안정을 되찾고 있다. (연합뉴스)
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