40-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Stealing Snacks Only from Unmanned Stores

Crime Committed Again After Release in August Last Year

A man in his 40s who stole items from an unmanned store was sentenced to three years in prison.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] A man in his 40s who stole about 12 million won worth of goods, including snacks, 27 times over a month from unmanned stores was sentenced to prison. He had previously been sentenced to prison for nighttime residential burglary and theft.

The Cheongju District Court Criminal Division 5 (Judge Park Jong-won) announced on the 10th that it sentenced A (43) to three years in prison on charges of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (theft).

A is accused of stealing about 700,000 won worth of snacks and food from four unmanned convenience stores in Cheongju, Chungbuk, at 1:02 a.m. on July 2, and in total, from the same month until the 28th, he stole or attempted to steal goods worth about 12 million won in 27 incidents.

He had been sentenced to prison nine times for nighttime residential burglary and theft and was released in August last year. He committed these crimes again during his recidivism period.

The court stated, "It is difficult to find any remorse as the defendant committed the same type of crime repeatedly. The amount of stolen goods is also very large," adding, "However, we considered that the defendant was in severe financial hardship and that some of the seized items were returned" as reasons for sentencing.

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