"Due to Lack of Parking Space"... BMW Owner Displaying 'Disabled Parking Permit'

Forgery of Official Documents and Use of Forged Documents Charges
Acquaintance Who Handed Over the Cover Also Sentenced to Imprisonment

A man in his 50s was punished after receiving and displaying a disabled parking permit from an acquaintance in order to park in a disabled parking space due to a lack of parking spaces at his residence.

According to the legal community on the 21st, Judge Song Jong-seon of the Chuncheon District Court Criminal Division 1 sentenced A (52) to 8 months in prison with a 2-year probation for charges of forgery of official documents and use of forged official documents. B (55), who gave A the disabled parking permit of his deceased father, was sentenced to 3 months in prison on charges of forgery of official documents only.

Disabled Parking Area
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In November of last year, A told B, "There is a shortage of parking spaces at my residence," and "I was allowed by the manager to park in the disabled parking space, and if I attach the disabled parking permit to my car, I don't think I will be reported," and received the disabled parking permit. The permit B gave was one that his late father had used on his vehicle during his lifetime.

A erased the vehicle number written on the permit and wrote his own vehicle number, then attached it to his BMW passenger car from the 14th of the same month until January 3rd of the following year, parking in disabled parking spaces while driving the car.

Judge Song pointed out, "The defendant's crime undermines the credibility of official documents and is of a serious nature." He further explained the sentencing reason, saying, "The sentence was determined by comprehensively considering the motive, means, results, and frequency of the crime."

B has a prior record of serving one year in prison in 2020 for violating the Game Industry Act and was sentenced to actual imprisonment. However, the court did not detain him in court, judging that there was no risk of evidence destruction or flight.

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