"Don't Want to Go Home" Drunken Girlfriend's Hair Grabbed and Assaulted by 20s Male, Fined

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Sumi] A man in his 20s who assaulted his girlfriend after she refused to go home while intoxicated was sentenced to a fine.

According to the legal community on the 13th, the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 14 (Judge Park Shinyoung) sentenced A (23) to a fine of 2 million won on charges of assault and injury.

A was tried for assaulting his girlfriend B on a street in Namdong-gu, Incheon, around 1:25 a.m. in July 2019.

Investigations revealed that when B insisted on not going home due to intoxication, A grabbed B’s hair and threw her to the ground. It was also confirmed that he stomped on B and assaulted her with his fists.

Previously, A was also charged with assaulting B four times between 2018 and 2019, including knocking her down and shaking her hair.

However, the prosecution was dismissed after B submitted a letter of no prosecution to the court. Since assault is a quasi-offense, if the victim does not wish to press charges, prosecution cannot proceed.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "A admitted to the crime and reached an amicable agreement with B," and "considering that B does not want A to be punished and the injuries were relatively minor."

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