{
  "id": 17754863,
  "title": "Retrial to begin next week for Uzbek national convicted of murder, robbery 16 yrs ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/retrial-to-begin-next-week-for-uzbek-national-convicted-of-murder-17754863",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T06:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261102/retrial-to-begin-next-week-for-uzbek-national-convicted-of-murder-robbery-16-yrs-ago"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A retrial for an Uzbek national, Bozorov Akmal, is set to begin next week for his conviction of murder and robbery that occurred 16 years ago. Akmal, 37, was initially sentenced to life in prison in 2010 for the 2009 killing and robbery of a taxi driver in Changwon, South Korea. The Supreme Court upheld his life imprisonment after his first appeal was rejected in 2015. Legal sources reveal that Akmal's defense attorney, Park Jun-young, has identified several flaws in the original investigation, including inconsistencies in forensic opinions, taxi routes, and phone logs. Additionally, Park has alleged physical assault and coercion by investigators during the trial. The court decided to reopen Akmal's case on October 15 and suspended his prison sentence pending the retrial, which is scheduled to commence on November 12 at the Changwon District Court.",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Retrial to begin next week for Uzbek national convicted of murder, robbery 16 yrs ago",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/retrial-to-begin-next-week-for-uzbek-national-convicted-of-murder-17754092",
        "published": "2026-11-02T05:03:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}