The Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has avoided the death penalty by accepting a plea deal.
According to CNN, Malaysian prosecutors offered to reduce the murder charge against Doan Thi Huong, who is the only suspect still behind bars, following the release of her co-accused last month.
Huong had faced a murder charge, which carried the death penalty if she’d been convicted, in the slaying of Kim Jong Nam, who died from VX nerve agent by two women in a Kuala Lumpur airport terminal.
High Court judge Azmi Ariffin sentenced Huong to three years and four months from the day she was arrested, Feb. 15, 2017. Huong’s lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, said his client is expected to be freed by the first week of May, after a one-third reduction in her sentence for good behavior.
In a video clip, Huong can be seen leaving the court house with a smile and tells reporters,
“I am happy,”, adding she thought it was a fair outcome.
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