Death penalty sought for doctor accused of fatally poisoning wife

A plastic surgeon, surnamed Bin, 45, is suspected of killing his wife in March by injecting a lethal dose of poison into her while she slept at home. / Screen captured from YTN

By Bahk Eun-ji, Park Si-soo

Prosecutors want the death penalty for a plastic surgeon accused of killing his wife with a lethal injection.

The Daejeon High Prosecutors’ Office said on Wednesday it is seeking the highest punishment for the doctor, surnamed Bin, 45. He is suspected of killing his wife in March by injecting a lethal dose of poison into her while she slept at home. The doctor initially insisted she died of a heart attack. But police found evidence that led Bin to be prosecuted in April.

According to investigators, Bin and his wife were on bad terms for various reasons, and he killed her for assets registered in her name.