Court Sentences 40s Man to 2 Years in Prison for Falsely Accusing Ex-Boyfriend Who Ended Relationship

After Self-Harming with a Knife, Falsely Claimed "Boyfriend Threatened Me with a Weapon"
Boyfriend Detained for 172 Days... Cleared of Charges After 440 Days

A woman in her 40s who falsely accused her boyfriend of abuse after he broke up with her, causing him to serve prison time, was sentenced to prison for false accusation.

According to the legal community on the 3rd, Judge Kim Gil-ho of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 11 recently sentenced A (40) to two years in prison on charges of false accusation.

Seoul Central District Court, Seocho-dong, Seoul.

The court stated, "False accusation undermines the state's penal authority and judicial function, putting the accused at risk of unjust criminal punishment. The defendant's crime is very serious and requires severe punishment."

The court also pointed out, "The defendant had opportunities to admit the false report during the five months of investigation and trial but instead actively worsened the situation. Although the defendant admitted to the crime, blaming it on the boyfriend's violent nature raises doubts about the sincerity of the remorse."

A lived with her boyfriend in his home in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, for about half a year, but their quarrels became frequent. In April 2021, when the boyfriend decided to end the relationship, he asked A to leave his house.

Angry, A inflicted a wound on her own neck with a weapon while her boyfriend was asleep after drinking, then called 112 and falsely reported, "My boyfriend threatened me with a kitchen knife to my neck and tried to kill me."

A gave further false statements to the police who arrived, saying, "My boyfriend secretly brought a weapon from the kitchen and hid it at his waist, asking if I wanted to die with him," and "When I ignored him, he repeatedly scratched my neck with the weapon."

The boyfriend was arrested on the spot and had to undergo investigation while in custody.

During subsequent police and prosecution victim investigations, A submitted a medical certificate and demanded severe punishment, stating, "He repeatedly slashed my neck with a weapon."

Eventually, the boyfriend was indicted and tried in custody on charges of special injury and special threats.

A’s attitude did not change during the trial. When the wrongfully accused boyfriend requested a jury trial, A even submitted a petition to the court demanding severe punishment for him.

The boyfriend was acquitted in the first trial and released. However, he had to remain in detention for 172 days until the acquittal was announced in September 2021.

In the second trial, held after the prosecution’s appeal, the boyfriend was again acquitted, and this verdict was finalized, clearing his name after about 440 days.

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