A Seoul court on Friday sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping an elementary school girl in a high-profile case that outraged the country.
Kim Su-cheol was arrested on June 13 on charges of kidnapping an eight-year-old girl from a Seoul primary school in broad daylight and raping her at his home.
In addition, the court ordered that Kim's personal information be disclosed for 10 years and that he wear an electronic monitoring anklet for 30 years.
Prosecutors had requested the life sentence.
During the trial, Kim, who had spent 15 years in prison for raping a woman in 1987, admitted his guilt and apologized to the victim's family.