30s Sentenced for 78 Verbal Abuses During 112 Calls... Assaulted Former Employer and Police Officer

A man in his 30s who repeatedly cursed during a 112 emergency call and committed assault against his former employer and a police officer was sentenced to prison.

Seoul Northern District Court

According to the legal community on the 2nd, Judge Song Hye-young of the Criminal Division 6 at the Seoul Northern District Court sentenced Mr. A, who was indicted for violating the Information and Communications Network Act, assault, and obstruction of official duties, to 1 year and 6 months in prison on the 20th of last month. The court explained the sentencing reason, stating, "He cursed the victims causing fear and anxiety, assaulted a female victim teaching middle school students by punching and kicking her, and also assaulted a police officer working in the detention center. The nature of the crimes is very serious and the culpability is great."

Mr. A was indicted for cursing a total of 78 times at the staff of the 112 command center of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on July 2 and 15 last year, dissatisfied with the police officers' response to complaints. He is also accused of harboring resentment over being fired and going to a classroom at a private academy in Asan, Chungnam, operated by victim Mr. B, on March 6 at 7:37 p.m., where he punched and kicked the victim in the abdomen during class.

Additionally, he is accused of causing a disturbance by urinating next to a washing machine in the shower room at the police station detention center in Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, where he was arrested, and when police officer Mr. C forcibly confined him to a solitary cell, he punched Mr. C in the solar plexus.

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