Foreign Woman in Her 30s Fined in First Trial for Stabbing Over Interfloor Noise Dispute
[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Taewon] A woman in her 30s who stabbed a foreign neighbor with a weapon over noise complaints between floors was sentenced to a fine in the first trial.
According to the legal community on the 8th, Judge Kang Seongsu of the Criminal Division 1 at the Seoul Western District Court sentenced A (38) to a fine of 2 million won on charges of special intimidation and special assault. The court stated, "She must be held responsible for assaulting and threatening the victims because of noise complaints," but also explained the sentencing by saying, "She is receiving inpatient treatment for schizophrenia, and it is considered that the illness had an influence."
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A was prosecuted for threatening two women in their 20s of French nationality with a weapon and stabbing a woman in her 20s of Belgian nationality on the stairs of the second floor of her residence in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, on February 27 last year, due to anger over noise complaints between floors.
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