"Only Teens Allowed"… 20s Man Assaults Intellectually Disabled Wife Who Reported Domestic Violence to Police

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[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] A man in his 20s who repeatedly assaulted his wife with an intellectual disability for reporting domestic violence to the police was sentenced to prison.

On the 21st, Judge Lee Gyu-hoon of the 15th Criminal Division at Incheon District Court sentenced A (25), who was charged with retaliatory assault under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, to 1 year and 6 months in prison.

A was prosecuted for assaulting his wife B (22) multiple times by slapping her face and kicking her abdomen in a parked car at an apartment in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, around 3 p.m. on July 23 last year.

It was reported that A had been assaulting his wife regularly.

Previously, B testified to the police that she was beaten by her husband after being assaulted, and upon learning this, A repeatedly assaulted B for a month starting in June last year. He reportedly said, "Let's just hit ten times," while slapping her several times.

B was diagnosed with level 3 intellectual disability in 2014, but since she did not undergo a reassessment, her disability rating was canceled in 2018.

The court stated, "The defendant habitually assaulted the victim with an intellectual disability because he was angry, and assaulted her again because she testified about the abuse to the police. Considering the circumstances and frequency of the crimes, the nature of the offense is serious."

Furthermore, the court explained the sentencing by saying, "The defendant committed the crime again during the probation period of a suspended sentence for special intimidation, and took into account that the victim wished for punishment."

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