A Man in His 20s Who Assaulted a Soldier and Then a Police Officer Within a Day... Sentenced to Prison with Probation

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Seo-young] A man in his 20s who was sentenced to a suspended prison term for assaulting a soldier was involved in an incident where he assaulted a police officer less than a day later.

On the 6th, the Chuncheon District Court Criminal Division 2 (Presiding Judge Park Jin-young) announced that it sentenced A (21) to 10 months in prison with a 2-year suspension for obstruction of official duties. Earlier, A was brought to trial for assaulting a police officer while intoxicated in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province, at around 2:10 a.m. on May 4.

At the time, A reportedly assaulted the police officer who had responded to a report of two men fighting in front of a convenience store and advised him to go home, while A cursed at the officer. Additionally, A had been sentenced just one day earlier by a military court to 1 year and 2 months in prison with a 2-year suspension for assaulting a military personnel performing official duties.

Presiding Judge Park stated, "The sentence was determined considering factors such as the defendant’s belated remorse, the fact that the assault was not very severe, and that he visited the victim police officer to express his apology."

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