Childcare Teacher Dragged 3-Year-Old Like Luggage, Fined 2 Million Won Sentence

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seoyoung Kwon] A childcare teacher in her 50s who was charged with abusing a 3-year-old child has been sentenced to a fine.

Today (the 12th), Judge Jinwon Kim of the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 9 announced that A (57), a daycare teacher charged with aggravated child abuse under the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes, was ordered to pay a fine of 2 million won and complete 40 hours of a child abuse treatment program.

A was charged with abusing B (then 3 years old), a child at a daycare center in Seo-gu, Incheon, around October 2019. It was revealed that A initially pulled B’s arm, who was unable to sleep, causing him to fall and dragged him about 2 meters. About 10 days later, when B was tapping on a desk, A grabbed B’s hand and forcefully slammed it onto the desk, among other allegations.

A’s side claimed in court that "there was no physical abuse and no intent." However, the court pointed out, "The CCTV footage shows A dragging the victim child as if handling luggage," and added, "The behavior was quite violent and there was a sufficient risk of dislocation of the victim child’s shoulder."

The court further stated, "Dragging the victim child on the floor or grabbing the hand and slamming it onto the desk constitutes assault in itself, so the culpability is not light," while also considering "that A committed the act impulsively and has no prior criminal record."

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