A Man in His 40s Threatened with a Weapon Claiming the Woman He Likes Was Seeing Another Man, Receives Suspended Sentence
[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Seulgi Kim] A man in his 40s who threatened a female employee he liked with a weapon because she was seeing another man was sentenced to a suspended prison term in the first trial.
The Ulsan District Court Criminal Division 9 (Presiding Judge Moon Gi-seon) announced on the 1st that A (43, male), who was tried on charges of special intimidation and property damage, was sentenced to 6 months in prison with a 2-year suspension and was placed under probation.
A is accused of threatening B (44, female), a caregiver at a nursing home he operated, with a weapon and saying "I will kill you" on July 7 last year, after becoming angry when another man came to B's house where they were together.
On the 6th of the same month, A also took B's cellphone, suspecting that she was seeing another man, and did not return it for three days.
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The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "The defendant's criminal nature is not good, and the defendant has a prior record of being fined 10 million won for assaulting and injuring another woman he was dating just six months before the crime. However, considering that he admitted to the crime and reached a settlement with the victim."
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