"I Never Imagined a Neighbor"... Man Next Door Who Broke into Woman Living Alone's House Not Even Detained

Incident Occurs at Corridor-Style Apartment in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi
Briefly Left Front Door Open for Ventilation
Cautiously Crouched in Laundry Room Sniffing 'Keungkeung'

A man secretly broke into the home of a woman living alone while she opened the front door to ventilate her apartment. The man was caught rummaging through clothes that carried the woman’s scent and fled, but the victim ended up having to move out.

On the 14th, JTBC reported that on the 31st of last month, a man identified as B unlawfully entered the home of a woman named A, who lives alone in a corridor-style apartment in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do. It was reported that A had left the front door open briefly to ventilate the apartment after returning from work while tidying up her home.

A man neighbor who broke into Mr. A's house. [Image source=JTBC news screen capture]

CCTV footage installed in A’s home shows B, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, suddenly peeking his face through the open front door and looking around cautiously. He then entered and crouched down in front of the laundry room. It was reported that the man was smelling clothes that A had left to be washed, holding them close.

When A came out of her room and discovered this, she screamed, “Who are you? Mom! Ah! It’s a thief!” B immediately ran away. A promptly reported the incident to the police, and B was caught two hours later.

Man’s Detention Denied... Victim Plans to Move Due to Anxiety

[Image source=JTBC news screen capture]

It turned out that B was a neighbor living on the same floor. After the incident, A, who had been staying at accommodation provided by the police, encountered B again when she briefly returned home to feed her pet. A told JTBC, “When I saw his face, I knew it was him. He went into the apartment at the end of the corridor,” adding, “I never imagined he was a neighbor.”

The court reportedly denied the arrest warrant requested by the police for B. Feeling anxious, A plans to move to avoid the man. She expressed her frustration, saying, “The perpetrator knows our home, but why can the victim not know the perpetrator’s home? It’s very frustrating.”

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