"Don't Intervene, Third Party" 60-Year-Old Sentenced to Prison for Stabbing Colleague Who Tried to Stop Chatroom Fight

A man in his 60s who stabbed a colleague with a weapon for trying to stop a quarrel in an online group chat was sentenced to prison.

On the 14th, the Criminal Division 4 of Changwon District Court in Gyeongnam announced that it sentenced Mr. A, who was indicted on charges of special injury, to 10 months in prison.

According to the court, Mr. A was prosecuted for stabbing Mr. B, a man in his 60s who came to work a shift, with a weapon in front of a convenience store in Gimhae City where he worked at around 9:35 p.m. on September 8.

Changwon District Court, Gyeongnam.
Photo by Lee Seryeong

On that day, Mr. A posted a photo of expired products in a chat room involving convenience store coworkers, and when he got into a quarrel with another worker over it, Mr. B is known to have mediated the fight.

At the time, when Mr. B said, “Is this group chat a private chat room?” and “Just do it roughly,” Mr. A reportedly replied, “Third parties should not intervene.”

Later, during the shift change process, Mr. A got into a scuffle with Mr. B and stabbed him in the side with a weapon.

The court said, “The nature and method of Mr. A’s crime are dangerous and the quality of the offense is bad,” adding, “Although it was 12 years ago, he has a history of several punishments, including a prison sentence for attempted murder for stabbing another person with a weapon.”

It added, “However, considering that a settlement agreement with the victim was submitted after the indictment,” explaining the reason for the sentencing.

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