Social Service Agent Photographed Anesthesia Patients and Bus Passengers' Bodies 82 Times... Sentenced to 1 Year Imprisonment

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] A man in his 20s who secretly filmed the bodies of patients under sedation and bus passengers while working as a social service agent at a hospital received a prison sentence again in the appellate court.

The Jeonju District Court Criminal Division 2 (Chief Judge Kim Yoorang) announced on the 21st that it upheld the original sentence of one year in prison in the appellate trial of A (27), who was indicted for violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes (filming using a camera, etc.).

A, who worked as a social service agent at a hospital in Jeonbuk, was charged with secretly filming women's bodies 82 times at the hospital and on buses from November 2015 to August 2019.

It was revealed that A took photos of victims' bodies in a sedated state after endoscopy using his mobile phone camera and installed filming equipment in the changing room to commit the crimes.

A continued the crimes in public places such as buses even after being discharged from service. The illegal videos he possessed amounted to 1216GB (gigabytes).

The court stated, "The defendant damaged the victims' trust in the medical system, and considering the duration of the crimes and the amount of videos possessed, the nature of the crime is serious," adding, "The original sentence does not seem too harsh or too lenient."

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