20-Year-Old Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison for Assaulting Police After Being Charged with Misdemeanor for Spitting

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] A man in his 20s who threatened and assaulted police officers dispatched in response to a report was sentenced to prison in the first trial.

The Ulsan District Court Criminal Division 2 (Judge Yoo Jung-woo) announced on the 31st that A (25), who was tried on charges of obstruction of official duties, was sentenced to 4 months in prison.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "The defendant committed the crime while showing an attitude of ignoring or despising police officers performing their legitimate duties, which makes the nature of the crime quite serious. Considering that the defendant has been punished almost every year since 2015 for violent crimes such as assault and injury, and that despite receiving a suspended prison sentence for injury and prostitution mediation before this crime, he did not reform and committed the crime again."

A was brought to trial on charges of verbally abusing and assaulting police officer B, who was dispatched after a report, while having an argument with another person on a roadside in Dong-gu, Ulsan City, around 9 a.m. on January 30.

Despite several warnings, A repeatedly spat multiple times, and when B issued a citation for violating the Minor Offenses Act, A committed the crime.

During this process, A threatened B by saying he would kill his entire family and pushed B’s upper body with his hand.

After being taken to the police station, A was found to have assaulted B again by kicking B’s hand.

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