Arthur Patterson: US man sentenced to 20 years in jail over 1997 murder in Seoul
Arthur Patterson: US man sentenced to 20 years in jail over 1997 murder in Seoul

Arthur Patterson: ‘US man’ sentenced to 20 years in jail over 1997 murder in Seoul

SEOUL – Former U.S. Forces Korea dependent Arthur Patterson was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for fatally stabbing a college student in a Burger King bathroom in 1997.

The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Arthur Patterson, 37, to 20 years in prison for stabbing a South Korean college student to death in April 1997. The student was 22 years old at that time.

Arthur Patterson was with Edward Lee when the South Korean college student was killed 19 years ago at a Burger King restaurant in the popular foreign district of Itaewon. Lee was acquitted in 1998 due to lack of evidence.

Arthur Patterson, who fled to the United States in August 1999 while under investigation, was arrested in May 2011 and was extradited to South Korea in September 2015.

The ruling said Lee’s confession of witnessing Patterson stabbing the victim was reliable.

Agencies/Canadajournal




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