"30s Filial Offender Threatens Parents with Weapon Saying 'Give Me Money Ruthlessly'"

A man in his 30s who repeatedly threatened his parents with a weapon and committed various acts of violence was sentenced to prison with a suspended sentence.

According to the legal community on the 24th, the 11th Criminal Division of the Gwangju District Court (presiding judge Go Sang-young) sentenced A (30), who was indicted on charges including injury to a lineal ascendant and special threats to a lineal ascendant, to two years in prison with a three-year suspension.

He was also ordered to perform 80 hours of community service and attend 40 hours of alcohol treatment lectures and domestic violence treatment lectures.

A was charged with assaulting or threatening his father, mother, and younger sister with a weapon from 2019 to 2022.

In January of last year, at a family-run store in Seo-gu, Gwangju, A told his mother, "I have to become a gangster, so I need to take over the store to raise funds and also secure lodging for my juniors."

When his demands were not met, he threatened by raising a chair over his head as if to hit her and even brought a weapon from the kitchen to create fear.

In July of last year, when his mother refused to give him money, he went to the store, broke the glass window, and damaged the TV and shoe cabinet inside the house.

Even while being arrested on the spot for property damage following his parents’ report and being taken to the police station, he called his mother and threatened, saying, "Let's see each other's faces tomorrow, Mom. You will see, Mom," implying retaliation after his release.

A is also accused of verbally abusing and physically assaulting his younger sister in August 2021 after losing money gambling at home, saying, "You shouldn't have sent money," and hitting her all over.

In February 2022, when he asked his younger sister to make hash browns and she said she would make pork cutlet instead, he hit her face and shoulders several times with his hand, claiming "The ingredients are past their expiration date," and stabbed her arm with kitchen scissors, causing injury.

In March 2019, after quarreling with his mother and younger sister, when his father tried to intervene, he tripped his father and assaulted him with his knees, causing injuries that required nine weeks of treatment.

The court stated, "Considering the motive, circumstances, and methods of the crimes such as assaulting and threatening parents and younger sister and damaging property, the nature of the crimes is very serious."

However, the court explained the sentencing reason by saying, "There are no prior convictions exceeding fines, and the family has petitioned for leniency, which were comprehensively considered."

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