Man convicted for attempted murder over noise-related misunderstanding

An appellate court on Friday upheld a 17-year prison term for a 72-year-old man accused of attempted murder, after the defendant brutally assaulted a neighbor he mistakenly thought had caused excessive noise. The Daejeon High Court rejected the defendant's claim that he had no intent of murder, and that he was mentally incapacitated at the time. The defendant inflicted a severe assault on the victim and caused a significant amount of harm. Based on the eyewitnesses, it is believed that he had t