30s Man with Wooden Sword Visits Upstairs Neighbor "I'll Kill the Noise Between Floors"

Repeated Door Damage and Verbal Abuse by Upstairs Couple
Victim Experiences Fear and Anxiety, Recognized as Stalking

A man in his 30s who claimed to have suffered from noise between floors and threatened the couple living upstairs was sentenced to a suspended prison term.

On the 4th, Judge Hwang Jae-ho of the Daejeon District Court Criminal Division 4 sentenced A (37), who was indicted for violating the Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes, special property damage, and special threats, to one year in prison with a one-year suspension, according to Yonhap News Agency.

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Judge Hwang also ordered A to undergo probation and complete 40 hours of a stalking treatment program.

A was prosecuted on charges of repeatedly hitting the ceiling with a stick and using abusive language and shouting, claiming that the couple in their 50s living upstairs caused noise between floors since early August last year.

It was confirmed that on September 6 of last year, he went to the front door of the upstairs apartment, shouted abusive language, and yelled, "I know everything inside the house."

Five days after the incident, he was also investigated for damaging the front door by striking it with a wooden sword and threatening the couple by saying, "I will kill you."

It is also known that A smeared his own blood during this process.

Judge Hwang stated, "Although an apartment management office employee actually visited and checked for noise between floors, no noise was confirmed," and ruled, "It is recognized that A caused fear and anxiety to the victims by stalking them while expressing dissatisfaction."

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