SEOUL: Prosecutors on Friday (April 24) said they indicted a woman in her 20s and a man in her 30s for armed assaulted, coercion and robbery against a man whom they had accused of sexual assault.
The suspects are accused of breaking into the victim's home on March 22, stabbing him several times and stealing 13 million won (US$8,770).
Investigators believe this was to coerce a fake crime confession out of the victim, the recording for which was uncovered in a digital forensic analysis of the suspects' phones.
The victim had been accused of a sexual attack against the female assailant, but the charge was cleared by police.
The two suspects reportedly hired a private agency to found out where the victim lives and attacked him.
Prosecutors are also reviewing the initial sexual assault case to see if the suspects could be charged with a wrongful accusation. - The Korea Herald/ANN
