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A 24-year-old alleged rapist who also attempted a kidnapping was summoned to Uijeongbu District Court, Monday, for an investigation to determine the validity of his warrant.
The accused, surnamed Choi, was caught Sunday in a car chase after attempting to abduct the teenage victim.
In the police interrogation that followed, he reportedly admitted to committing rape “due to a failure to suppress libido.”
The accused, surnamed Choi, was caught Sunday in a car chase after attempting to abduct the teenage victim.
In the police interrogation that followed, he reportedly admitted to committing rape “due to a failure to suppress libido.”
As for the attempted abduction after the rape, he claimed he “wanted to take the victim to his house to explain and apologize.”
Choi is being accused of raping the middle school girl on Friday at 2 p.m. near her house in Seoul and forcing her to take an intercity bus with him.
The victim was stopping by her house for a change of clothes before afternoon classes when she was threatened with a weapon to her back. She was taken on a bus headed to Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province.
The bus ran for about an hour before stopping at a station in Hwado-eup at around 4 p.m., where Choi tried to alight with the victim.
As they were leaving the bus, the victim screamed for help, reportedly collapsing near the driver’s seat. Choi hurriedly left the bus.
The police used CCTV footage to chase Choi, who was seen fleeing from his house using his father’s car in the direction of Sokcho, Gangwon Province.
The Gangwon Provincial Police were requested to cooperate in the chase, which ended Saturday at around 5:40 p.m., as Choi crashed into another car.
He attempted to steal a car on the spot and continue fleeing, but failed and was caught after running some 100 meters on foot.
At the Uijeongbu District Court on Monday, Choi said that he was sorry and that he will repent for the rest of his life. The police plan to place him under custody once the decision on his warrant is made.
By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
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