South Korea’s police chief has resigned amid an outcry over the case of a woman who was raped and murdered despite calling police for help.
Cho Hyun-oh said he was stepping down to take full responsibility for what he called the “unpardonable carelessness” of his officers.
The woman told police where she was being held in a seven-minute call to the emergency number.
Police only found her dismembered body 13 hours after she called for help.
The incident took place on 2 April in Suwon, south of Seoul.
Local media reports said that the woman described in detail landmarks such as a primary school and a playground around the apartment where she was being attacked, but officers failed to find her in time.
President Lee Myung-bak has accepted Mr Cho’s resignation.
A man has been arrested in connection with the case.