Father Tells 14-Year-Old Daughter Who Smoked a Cigarette, "Go Die"... Court's Judgment

Father in his 50s assaults daughter with blunt weapon
Court sentences him to 10 months in prison, 2 years probation

A father in his 50s, who was prosecuted for verbally abusing and swinging a blunt weapon at his middle school daughter for smoking, was sentenced to a suspended prison term and released.

On the 20th, the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 2 (Judge Kwak Kyung-pyeong) announced that A (51), who was detained and prosecuted on charges of child abuse under the Child Welfare Act and special injury, was sentenced to 10 months in prison with a 2-year suspension and released.

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A was prosecuted for abusing his daughter B (14) by striking her head with a blunt weapon and hitting her twice with his fist at their home in Seo-gu, Incheon, around 4 a.m. on May 17.

The day before the incident, he also verbally abused his daughter, saying, "You smoked again," and verbally abused her by saying, "If you want to do whatever you want, leave the house and die." It was investigated that A had ongoing conflicts with his daughter, who frequently engaged in delinquent behavior such as smoking and running away from home.

The court stated, "The defendant, as a father, should have guided his daughter on the right path with love and patience, but he failed to control his emotions and verbally abused and injured her," and judged that "the guilt is not light."

However, the court explained the sentencing reasoning, saying, "A committed the crime impulsively after suffering emotional distress due to his daughter's continued delinquency," and "he showed remorse while in detention, and considering that the daughter forgave her father and did not want punishment."

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