Prosecutors Demand 7 Years Imprisonment for Teenage Son Who Shot Father with Bow After Argument

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The prosecution has requested a sentence of 7 years for the long term and 5 years for the short term imprisonment for a teenage boy who was indicted and detained on charges of shooting his father with a bow and causing injury (attempted parricide, etc.).

At the sentencing hearing of A (17) held on the 10th at the Seoul Western District Court Criminal Division 11 (Presiding Judge Moon Byung-chan), the prosecution stated, "Although the victim, the defendant's father, sustained a perforation injury to the abdomen due to this incident, considering that the victim does not wish to punish the defendant," and made this request to the court.

Last November, A had an argument with his father in his 50s at their residence and shot an arrow at his father's abdomen using a compound bow used in archery. A attempted to shoot additional arrows at his father, but the attempt was unsuccessful as the father escaped to the rooftop of the residence. When the father locked the rooftop door, A also tried to break the glass door with a hammer nearby.

The father was injured in the abdomen at the time and was transported to a nearby hospital, but it was reported that his life was not in danger.

A's defense attorney said, "The defendant has fully confessed to the crime and is remorseful," and requested, "Please take into consideration that the defendant may have mental health issues to the extent that he is suspected of having persecutory and somatic delusional disorder, a type of schizophrenia."

The sentencing trial for A will be held on the 31st of this month.

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