Hitting with a back scratcher and cutting hair 'snip'... Suspended sentence for 40s biological mother

Court sentences to 6 months imprisonment with 2 years probation
Physical and emotional abuse including hitting and cutting hair of elementary school child

A woman in her 40s, who physically and emotionally abused her elementary school-aged child by hitting and cutting the child's hair, was sentenced to probation.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Gun-chan] A woman in her 40s who physically and emotionally abused her elementary school-aged daughter and son was sentenced to probation.

The Chuncheon District Court Wonju Branch Criminal Division 1 (Judge Gong Min-ah) announced on the 10th that A (48), who was indicted for violating the Child Welfare Act, was sentenced to 6 months in prison with 2 years of probation. She was also ordered to be banned from working in child-related institutions for 2 years and to attend 40 hours of child abuse recidivism prevention lectures.

A, who lives in an apartment in Wonju City after divorcing her husband, hit her daughter B (10) twice on the head with a back scratcher at around 5:50 p.m. on October 5, 2019, because her daughter came home late. A few days later, at around 4 p.m. on the 12th, A kicked her daughter out into the hallway outside the house, saying that the daughter had called her biological father. It was reported that A was intoxicated at the time.

Also, at around 8:20 p.m. that day, A saw her son C (8) talking on the phone with his biological father and told him to say "I hate you, Dad," but when the son refused and said, "I want to go to Dad," she hit his thigh 2 to 3 times with her palm.

Furthermore, A is also accused of physically abusing her daughter by cutting her hair with scissors when B told her to stop drinking. It is known that A had previously been referred to child protection cases twice for violating the Child Welfare Act in 2016 and 2017.

The court stated, "Although problems caused by drinking are evident, there has been no improvement, and considering the nature and repetition of the abuse, the crime is serious." The court added, "Considering that the biological father is raising the victim children, probation is sentenced," explaining the reason for the sentencing.

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