A ruthless man inserted a plastic rod into the body of a 20-year-old employee, and his heart and liver, among other organs, burst to death.

Seoul (Reza Shah) A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in South Korea for brutally killing his employee by inserting a 70cm rod into his body.

The Civil High Court upheld the district court's decision and sentenced the accused to 25 years in prison. The perpetrator was accused of inserting a plastic rod into the stool of an employee at a children's gym in the capital Seoul, causing the employee's death from dismembered limbs. The killer hit the victim dozens of times with a rod before killing the 20-year-old employee. The post-mortem revealed ruptured organs including the heart and liver of the victim.