Foreman Sentenced to Prison for Stabbing Delivery Driver in the Eye with an Umbrella, Causing Blindness, Saying "You're Young but Acting Big" Among 60s Peers

Ulsan District Court.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A 60-year-old team leader who assaulted a delivery driver, who came to deliver to a factory, by shouting loudly despite being younger than him and caused blindness in one eye, has been sentenced to prison. The victim is also in his 60s.

The Ulsan District Court's 12th Criminal Division (Chief Judge Hwang Un-seo) announced on the 15th that it sentenced A (male, 63), a team leader at a factory in Gyeongju, to 2 years and 6 months in prison on charges of serious injury.

A was charged with assaulting B, a delivery driver in his 60s, at a factory in Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, in February 2020, after B asked, "The delivery deadline is very urgent, so please let me use the forklift first for a moment," and causing blindness in B's left eye with an umbrella.

According to the Ulsan District Court, A assaulted B because B, who was younger than him, shouted from the morning, and during the altercation, after being slapped once by B, A became angry and committed the crime using an umbrella found in the factory.

The court stated, "It is inevitable to impose a severe punishment as the defendant lost control of his anger and stabbed the victim's one eye with an umbrella, causing a very serious disability resulting in blindness."

It also ruled, "Considering that the victim has suffered permanent visual impairment, is experiencing considerable material and mental suffering, and is facing difficulties in making a living, yet the defendant has not made efforts to compensate the victim, a prison sentence was imposed."

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