SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Ousted South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol, a former prosecutor who took gambles to win power, finally fell victim to his own recklessness, people who knew him said, through a belief that he could crush political enemies by declaring martial law.
Yoon, 65, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison by the Seoul Central District Court, for masterminding insurrection, capping a spectacular fall from grace that saw him stripped of office and landed behind bars.
There were some early signs, colleagues say in hindsight of Yoon, who used his career as a prosecutor as a springboard to become president in his first run for elected office, just a year after entering politics.
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