Death sentence for serial killer

A SOUTH Korean court yesterday sentenced a man to death for 20 killings in the country’s worst serial murder case in decades.

Yoo Young-chul, aged 33, who has a history of convictions for theft and sexual abuse, was indicted in August for the murders. Many of the victims were female prostitutes and older, wealthy people.

The killing spree began in September 2003, when police say Yoo murdered a 73-year-old professor and his wife.