Lawyers Assault Restaurant Owner Couple After Protest Against Public Urination
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] An incident occurred where practicing lawyers, intoxicated, urinated in public and assaulted a restaurant owner couple who protested.
According to the police on the 30th, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul booked practicing lawyers A (42) and B (36) without detention on charges of assaulting a male restaurant owner in his 90s and a female owner in her 70s at a restaurant in Seocho-dong.
A is accused of urinating in public in front of the restaurant operated by the elderly couple around 10:50 p.m. the previous day while intoxicated, and when protested by the male restaurant owner in his 90s, grabbing and shaking the owner's collar in assault.
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Additionally, fellow lawyer B is accused of pushing the female owner in her 70s several times while trying to stop the assault. A is also charged with verbally abusing the police who arrived and the victims. The police plan to summon them soon to investigate the circumstances.
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