True crime fan who posed as teen, killed tutor ‘out of curiosity’ sentenced to life

A deranged true-crime fan from South Korea who told police she savagely stabbed and butchered an English tutor “out of curiosity” — while pretending to be a high school student — has been sentenced to life in prison. 

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Jung Yoo-jung, 23, but she begged the court for leniency, claiming that she suffered from hallucinations and a host of mental health issues, reported BBC News.

The Busan District Court spared Jung’s life, but rejected her claims that the monstrous killing was triggered by mental...