Distribution of Sexual Exploitation Videos by Nth Room 'Kelly'... 4-Year Prison Sentence Confirmed

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Shin Mo, 33 years old (nickname Kelly), who was sentenced to one year in prison for distributing sexually exploitative videos on Telegram and was additionally prosecuted for similar charges, has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Supreme Court.

On the 25th, the Supreme Court's 3rd Division (Presiding Justice Noh Jeonghee) upheld the lower court's ruling sentencing Shin Mo to four years in prison in the final appeal hearing for violations of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles against Sexual Abuse (production and distribution of obscene materials, etc.).

Shin was indicted for distributing 123 child and youth pornography videos and 676 adult pornography videos through a Telegram chatroom from his home in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, in July 2019. In particular, between August 2013 and April 2017, he is also accused of filming sexual acts with women without their consent using a camera at his residence and other locations.

In the first trial, Shin was sentenced to four years in prison. He was also ordered to disclose and notify his personal information for seven years, complete 200 hours of sexual violence treatment programs, and was banned from employment at child and youth-related institutions for ten years. The second trial maintained the same sentence as the first trial.

The Supreme Court's decision on this day was no different. It stated, "We recognize as guilty some of the charges, such as opening a Telegram chatroom and distributing a large number of child and youth pornography and adult pornography," and ruled, "There is no error in exceeding the limits of free evaluation of evidence or misinterpreting the law."

Meanwhile, Shin had previously received a one-year prison sentence for possessing approximately 91,980 child and youth pornography videos and selling about 2,590 of them from January 2018 to August 2019 after inheriting the n-room from Moon Hyungwook, the original operator known as 'GodGod' of the n-room case.

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