A Mom Throws Out Her 9-Year-Old Son in Short Sleeves in Midwinter Saying "I Don't Like It When You Don't Listen"

Acquaintances Put Son Who Was Kicked Out in Car and 'Abandoned' Him Near a Reservoir Over 2km from Home

On the 23rd, the Daegu District Court Criminal Division 4 (Presiding Judge Kim Nam-gyun) announced that A (27), who was indicted for violating the Child Welfare Act, was sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year probation.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Soyoung] A biological mother who kicked out her elementary school-aged son wearing short sleeves in the middle of winter for "not listening well" and acquaintances who abandoned the child 2 km away at a reservoir were sentenced to probation.

On the 23rd, the Daegu District Court Criminal Division 4 (Presiding Judge Kim Namgyun) announced that A (27), who was indicted for violating the Child Welfare Act, was sentenced to one year in prison with two years of probation. In addition, A was ordered to undergo probation and attend 80 hours of child abuse recidivism prevention lectures.

The court also sentenced acquaintance B (29), who was indicted for participating in A’s crime, to one year in prison with two years of probation, and C (39) to six months in prison with two years of probation.

On December 23 last year, at 10:59 p.m., A, saying her son (9) "does not listen," told him, "I don’t want to see you. Get out of the house," and kicked him out wearing short sleeves and thin pants.

Thereafter, B and others, with A’s consent, said, "We will drop him off far from the house," put the victim child in a car, abandoned him near a reservoir more than 2 km away from the house, and said, "Don’t think about coming back home," before leaving.

The 9-year-old child, who was abandoned by the roadside, walked alone to near his elementary school and was found and rescued by nearby residents.

Although the police found and brought the abandoned son back home, A was prosecuted for causing physical and emotional distress by refusing to accept the child from the police and blaming only the child for wrongdoing.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "Considering that the defendants admitted the facts of the crime and showed remorse, that the victim child was not abandoned in a state beyond his ability to protect himself, and that B searched for the victim child about 30 minutes after the abandonment carrying a coat."

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