Detention Warrant Denied for 50s Man Who Threatened Convenience Store Employee with a Knuckle Duster Knife (Comprehensive)

Threatened with a Weapon Over Convenience Store Staff Attitude Complaint
Court Denies Arrest Warrant "Admits Crime and Shows Remorse... Evidence Already Secured"

The court dismissed the arrest warrant for a man in his 50s who threatened a convenience store employee with brass knuckles equipped with a knife due to dissatisfaction with the employee's attitude.

According to the police on the 7th, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul applied for an arrest warrant on the 6th against Mr. A, a man in his 50s, on charges of special intimidation, but the court dismissed the warrant, judging that there was no reason for detention as evidence had been secured. The fact that Mr. A admitted to the crime and expressed remorse was also taken into consideration as a reason for dismissing the arrest warrant.

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Earlier, Mr. A is accused of threatening a convenience store employee by knocking on the glass window with brass knuckles equipped with a knife outside a convenience store in Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, around 7:20 a.m. on the 6th. At the time, Mr. A, who entered the convenience store intoxicated, repeatedly dropped an ice cup and got into an argument with the employee who asked, "Why are you doing that?" He reportedly got angry at the employee, saying, "Do I look like someone who would leave without paying?" Police who arrived following a witness report arrested Mr. A on the spot.

During the police investigation, Mr. A reportedly stated that he was angry because he felt he was being treated like someone trying to leave without paying.

It was investigated that he purchased the brass knuckles with a folding knife online for self-defense purposes.

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