Daegu District Court building. (Photo by Daegu District Court)

Daegu District Court building. (Photo by Daegu District Court)

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] The Daegu District Court Criminal Division 12 (Presiding Judge Lee Jin-gwan) announced on the 15th that it sentenced A (47), who was charged with impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting a minor (violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles Against Sexual Abuse), to five years in prison.


The court also ordered a five-year employment ban at child and youth-related institutions and welfare facilities for the disabled, as well as the attachment of an electronic location tracking device for six years.


A was prosecuted for sexually assaulting teenage B once under the pretense of being a police officer after handcuffing her, whom he met through a chat app last June on the condition of prostitution, promising not to investigate.



The court stated, "Considering the serious nature of the defendant's crime and the victim's desire for punishment, among other factors."


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