Man gets 15 years for killing father with dementia

South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a 15-year prison sentence for a man convicted of beating his 87-year-old father to death after becoming angry over what he described as years of harmful treatment.

The court recently dismissed the defendant’s appeal and affirmed the lower court ruling, legal sources said Friday.

The man was indicted on charges of killing a relative after attacking his father’s head and face at their home in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, in August last year.

Investigators fou ...