Teenage Boy Who Forced Junior Middle Schooler to Get Tattoo Says "I Did It Because He Wanted"

"Claimed 'Tattoo Procedure at Victims' Request'
Accused of Forcibly Tattooing Two Junior High School Juniors"

A high school dropout, who was reported to have forcibly tattooed junior high school students and continuously assaulted them, denied some of the charges in court.

The image of a koi tattoo forcibly engraved on Group B's body by Group A.
[Photo by YTN]

At the first trial of A, a high school dropout indicted on charges including special injury and violation of the Medical Service Act, presided over by Judge Jeong Hee-young of the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 9 on the 14th, A's lawyer stated, "He denies the special injury charge but admits the other charges."

The lawyer argued, "The defendant performed the tattoo procedure at the victims' request," and "the tattooing itself is a medical act, so the injury charge cannot be applied."

The police applied the charge of 'injury' to A and sent the case to the prosecution. However, after supplementary investigation, the prosecution judged that the electric tattoo machine with attached needles qualifies as a dangerous object and changed the charge to 'special injury.'

The prosecution also confirmed that A extorted money from B and added the charge of 'extortion.'

On the day, A appeared in court wearing a black padded jacket and jeans and reportedly responded calmly to the court's verification of his date of birth and residence.

Judge Jeong decided to summon two victims as witnesses for questioning in March of the following year.

Earlier, A was indicted in October last year for forcibly tattooing junior high school students B and C, his juniors, at a lodging facility in Namdong-gu, Incheon, causing injury.

A is understood to have tattooed a 20 cm-long carp tattoo on B's thigh and a goblin tattoo on C's shoulder and chest without anesthesia.

Victim B told the police, "I didn't want to get tattooed, but A, who has been hitting me and extorting money for two years, forced me to be a test subject."

B also explained, "If A's tone was strange, he hit me asking why my tone was like that," and "I endured it because I didn't want to get hit."

C is also reported to be receiving psychiatric treatment with family due to A's bullying at the time.

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