at the time of the stabbing<\/a> as she was receiving mental health treatment.<\/p>\nProsecutors said Myeong showed no remorse while the case was being investigated. However, Myeong submitted dozens of letters to the court expressing remorse.<\/p>\n
Myeong had previously requested a six-month leave of absence, citing depression, but returned to school in 20 days, after a doctor assessed her as being fit to work, the Daejeon education office said in February.<\/p>\n
She had displayed violent behaviour in the days before the stabbing, including putting another teacher in a headlock, the education office said.<\/p>\n
On the morning of the stabbing, two education officials had visited the school to investigate that earlier altercation.<\/p>\n
Myeong told police that she had bought a weapon on the day of the attack and brought it to school, planning to kill herself along with a random child.<\/p>\n
She also told the police that she had lured Kim into the media room before attacking her.<\/p>\n
Kim, the student, student was reported missing after a bus driver informed the school that she had not arrived to be picked up that day. She was found in school later that day with stab wounds, along with Myeong.<\/p>\n
Myeong also had a wound on her neck, which police said might have been self-inflicted. It was stitched up later in hospital.<\/p>\n
South Korea’s leaders at the time called for safety measures to ensure such incidents never happen again.<\/p>\n
Myeong has also been ordered to wear an electronic location tracking device for 30 years.<\/p>\n
“As an elementary school teacher, the accused was in a position to protect the victim,” said the court’s verdict on Monday. “But she committed this brutal crime in which a child was not protected where they should be most safe.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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