By Kim Da-hee
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to 20 years’ jail after pleading guilty to murdering his Korean wife, Incheon District Court said Friday.
The man, 39, whose name was not revealed, strangled his wife at their apartment in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province on Nov, 17. He then dumped her body in a blast furnace at a nearby aluminum foundry the next day, the court was told.
On the day of the murder, the wife, 47, had visited the man with divorce papers.
“The crime of the accused was extremely serious and must be condemned because the accused tried to conceal his murder,” the court said.
The couple, who married 12 years ago, quarreled about money, including the cost of a round trip between Egypt and Korea every year, the court heard.