Girlfriend, Detention and Sexual Assault by Police Officer Suspended Sentence in Appeal Trial

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] A police officer who was sentenced to two years in prison and detained in the first trial for confining and sexually assaulting his girlfriend received a suspended sentence in the appeal trial.

The Criminal Division 2 of Daegu High Court (Presiding Judge Lee Jae-hee) on the 8th sentenced Police Lieutenant A of Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency to three years in prison with a four-year suspended sentence in the appeal trial for charges of confining his girlfriend and committing quasi-rape (special injury, quasi-rape, etc.).

The court also ordered Lieutenant A to attend 40 hours of sexual violence treatment lectures and imposed a three-year employment restriction at child and youth-related institutions and welfare facilities for the disabled.

The court considered that the victim likely suffered significant pain due to the defendant’s crime, but took into account that he admitted and reflected on the crime which he had denied during the first trial, that the crime was committed impulsively, and that he reached a settlement with the victim during the appeal trial.

In August 2018, Lieutenant A stayed with Ms. B at a lodging facility in Daegu and prevented her from leaving for over 30 hours. Afterwards, he threw a cigarette butt at Ms. B’s face, beat her severely causing injuries, forced perverted acts, and was prosecuted for quasi-rape.

It is known that Lieutenant A committed the crime out of rage over Ms. B seeing another man.

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