'Assault for Waking Up' Former Lawmaker's Aide Receives Reduced Sentence in Appeal Trial

Sentence reduced from 1 year imprisonment to probation
"Remorse for the crime, additional deposit"

A former aide to a People Power Party lawmaker, who was sentenced to prison in the first trial for assaulting a woman with punches and a ceramic plate after she woke him up while he was drunk and asleep, received a suspended sentence in the appeal trial.

On the 2nd, the 3-3 Criminal Appeals Division of the Seoul Southern District Court (Presiding Judges Lee Sang-hoon, Jo Seong-pil, Kim Sang-hoon) sentenced Jang, a former aide to a People Power Party lawmaker, who was charged with special assault, to one year in prison with a two-year suspension and ordered 80 hours of community service.

The court stated, "Jang acknowledged and reflected on his crime during the appeal trial, and after depositing 30 million won for the victim in the first trial, he made an additional deposit," adding, "Considering that he has no other criminal record except for one fine for drunk driving, we judge that the sentence imposed in the first trial was somewhat heavy," explaining the reason for the reduced sentence.

Jang was charged with repeatedly hitting Ms. A, a woman in her 30s, in front of her residence on March 2021, and assaulting her with a ceramic plate because she woke him up while he was drunk and asleep. Ms. A sustained injuries requiring four weeks of medical treatment due to this incident.

In the first trial, Jang denied assaulting her with the ceramic plate, but the court ruled that it could not accept his claim when considering the consistency of Ms. A’s testimony and other evidence. In March, Jang was sentenced to one year in prison.

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