"I'll Kill You" Drunken Rampage in ER... Fined Again in Appeal Trial

Emergency Room Drunken Disorder (PG) [Image Source = Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] A man in his 50s who threatened medical staff by verbally abusing them and throwing objects in a hospital emergency room while intoxicated was sentenced to a fine again in the appellate court.

On the 31st, the Chuncheon District Court Criminal Division 1 (Chief Judge Kim Dae-sung) announced that it sentenced A (58), who was charged with violating the Emergency Medical Service Act, to a fine of 3 million won, the same as the original sentence.

A was prosecuted for allegedly getting angry at a doctor and attempting to throw a trash can, and verbally abusing a nurse with phrases such as "I'll kill you. Get out and die" at an emergency room in a hospital in Hongcheon-gun on the night of August 3, 2019. At the time, A was reportedly heavily intoxicated.

The first trial court sentenced A to a fine of 3 million won, stating that "the nature of the crime is extremely bad," and A appealed, claiming "the sentence is too heavy."

The appellate court said, "Considering the means and circumstances, the nature of the crime is not good, but the defendant admits the crime and appears to be in poor health," and upheld the original sentence.

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