"No Injuries"... 70-Year-Old Fined for Pushing 90-Year-Old on Disability Scooter and Leaving

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] A man in his 70s was fined for pushing a 90-year-old grandmother while riding an electric scooter for the disabled into a subway elevator.

According to the legal community on the 15th, Judge Joo Jin-am of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 15 recently sentenced A (72), who has a level 3 brain lesion disability and was charged with negligent injury, to a fine of 1 million won.

The court stated, "Considering the fact that A denies the crime, left the scene immediately after the incident without revealing his identity despite the injured victim, made no effort to restore the damage, and has multiple prior convictions, the sentence is determined by taking these sentencing factors into account."

A was tried for allegedly knocking down and injuring B (90, female) with the scooter while entering an elevator at a subway station in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, last October, failing to see B in front of him. As a result, B sustained injuries requiring an unspecified number of treatment days, but A left the scene without providing contact information.

Article 266, Paragraph 1 of the current Criminal Act (Negligent Injury) stipulates, "A person who causes bodily injury to another person by negligence shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 5 million won, detention, or a minor fine."

In court, A's side denied the charges, saying, "There is no special negligence, so it is unfair." A claimed, "It is absurd. Later I heard that the grandmother had good cognitive ability and quick movements," and "Although it is called negligent injury, she was not hurt at all." This was to imply that he could not acknowledge that B was injured.

When the CCTV footage was played, he directly pointed out, "Look at the expression of the grandmother who is said to be injured. She was definitely not hurt," and "The person who is said to be injured also got up faster than an ordinary person." A's lawyer also appealed to the court, saying, "Please review all the CCTV footage and deliver a verdict without unfairness."

However, the court did not accept these claims. A has filed an appeal on the 10th, dissatisfied with the ruling.

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