South Korean singer Nana’s home intruder claims he ‘never touched her’, faces backlash
The intruder, who sustained a slight cut in the struggle, has also accused the K-pop star of attempted murder
According to JTBC news programme Crime Chief, the intruder sent five letters from detention through an acquaintance, insisting that he did not attack Nana or her mother and that he was instead stabbed during the struggle.
He wrote that he had entered the home only to steal, saying he wore gloves and a headset but “did not prepare a weapon in advance”. He said he grabbed Nana’s mother tightly to stop her from moving rather than engaging in a violent fight.
He also alleged that he broke into the home because he needed money for his mother’s hospital bills, and that after being subdued he confessed and apologised. He went on to claim that Nana’s team proposed giving him 40 million won (US$27,700) if he told police he had entered with a weapon.
Police accounts sharply contradict his claims.
Investigators said the man entered Nana’s residence in Guri, Gyeonggi province, in November using a ladder to climb to the veranda while carrying a knife in a sheath.