Apartment Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in First Trial for Assaulting Security Guard

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Shim Mo (49), a resident who was prosecuted for assaulting the late apartment security guard Choi Hee-seok in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, was sentenced to prison in the first trial.

The Criminal Division 13 of the Seoul Northern District Court (Chief Judge Heo Kyung-ho) sentenced Shim, who was detained and indicted on charges of retaliatory confinement and retaliatory assault, injury, and other charges under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, to five years in prison on the 10th.

The court acknowledged all the charges as guilty, stating, "Considering the circumstances, methods, and content of the crime, the case is serious and the nature of the crime is very bad."

Earlier, the prosecution indicted Shim on a total of seven charges, including retaliatory confinement and retaliatory assault, injury under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, as well as false accusation, attempted coercion, threats, and injury. On the 7th, during the closing arguments, the prosecution requested a nine-year prison sentence for Shim.

Shim's side has denied some charges, including retaliatory assault. It is known that he submitted letters of remorse and appeals six times during the trial process.

Shim is accused of continuously assaulting and threatening security guard Choi after a dispute over parking at an apartment in Ui-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, where he lives, on April 21 of this year. Choi left a will stating that he had been assaulted and threatened by Shim, and took his own life on May 10.

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