"Reported Husband's Drunken Disorder... 50s Given Probation for Wielding Weapon at Responding Police"

Throwing a Cell Phone and Threatening with a Weapon at a Restaurant

A woman in her 50s who reported to the police that her husband was drunk and causing a disturbance, but ended up wielding a weapon against the responding officers, was sentenced to probation.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Woo-seok] A woman in her 50s who called 112 claiming her husband was causing a drunken disturbance but then wielded a weapon at the responding police officers was sentenced to probation.

The Chuncheon District Court Wonju Branch Criminal Division 1 (Judge Gong Min-ah) announced on the 20th that A (53, female), who was charged with obstruction of official duties using a weapon, was sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year probation.

Additionally, she was ordered to perform 80 hours of community service and the weapon used in the crime was confiscated.

On the night of November 24 last year, A reported to 112 from a road in front of a convenience store in Dan-gye-dong, Wonju-si, saying, "My husband is causing a drunken disturbance."

However, when the police arrived at the scene, she threw her phone, saying, "You are not the same guys who came earlier. Are you joking?" and came out of a restaurant wielding a weapon, threatening to stab, thereby obstructing the police officers in the execution of their duties, leading to her prosecution.

The court stated the sentencing reason, "The means and method of the crime were very dangerous, and the degree of obstruction of official duties is by no means light. The sentence was determined after considering various sentencing factors revealed during the trial, including circumstances following the crime."

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