"Say Mom Did It"... 30-Year-Old Man Sentenced to Prison for Causing Accident Without License and Swapping Drivers

Earlier in February of the same year, received a suspended sentence for drunk driving

A man in his 30s who caused a traffic accident while driving without a license and then tried to cover up the crime by using his mother was sentenced to prison.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] A man in his 30s who disguised that his mother, who was riding with him, was driving after causing a traffic accident while driving without a license was sentenced to prison.

The Incheon District Court Criminal Division 22 (Presiding Judge Jang Gi-seok) announced on the 15th that it sentenced Mr. A (38), who was indicted for violating the Special Act on the Treatment of Traffic Accidents (injury), violating the Road Traffic Act (driving without a license), and instigating the concealment of a criminal, to eight months in prison.

The court stated, "Mr. A committed this crime during the probation period, and due to the unfavorable circumstances after the crime, a prison sentence is imposed."

However, it explained the sentencing reason, saying, "The fact that the victims' injuries were not severe was considered favorably in determining the sentence."

Mr. A was indicted for driving without a license and consecutively colliding with two passenger cars ahead on the Seoul Outer Ring Road in Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, at around 5:45 p.m. on July 15 of last year.

According to the investigation, Mr. A tried to hide the crime by saying, "Mom, something big happened, I don't have a license," and "I'm going to get caught, tell them you were driving," and made his mother, who was riding with him, give false statements.

Prior to this, Mr. A had been sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year probation for drunk driving on February 20 of the same year.

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