Man killed girlfriend after fight, kept studio and used air fresheners to hide crime

A South Korean man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing his live-in girlfriend and hiding her body inside their studio apartment for three and a half years, a crime the court described as “cruel, malicious and degrading to human dignity.” The Incheon District Court also ordered the defendant, a 38-year-old Korean national, to wear an electronic ankle monitor for 15 years after release. Prosecutors said he murdered his girlfriend in January 2021 at their home in Incheon’s Bupyeong