A man in his 30s attempted sexual assault hiding in an unknown woman's house... Apologized while in a wheelchair

Incheon District Court, Pre-Detention Suspect Hearing
Fled After Incident, Suffered Ankle Fracture

A man in his 30s accused of secretly breaking into the home of a woman he did not know and attempting sexual assault appeared in court in a wheelchair.

At around 1:50 PM on the 11th, Mr. A, a man in his 30s facing charges including attempted special robbery and rape under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes at the Incheon District Court in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, was brought in a police transport vehicle for a pre-trial detention hearing (warrant review).

Mr. A, who fractured his ankle while fleeing after the crime, was moved to the interrogation waiting room in a wheelchair.

When asked by reporters, "Did you plan the crime in advance?" Mr. A briefly replied, "I'm sorry." When further questioned, "Did you commit the crime under the instigation of a third party? Are you not sorry to the victim?" he responded, "I'm sorry, truly sorry."

The warrant review hearing was scheduled to begin at 2 PM, presided over by Judge Lee Gyu-hoon, the warrant-specialized presiding judge at the Incheon District Court, with the decision on detention expected later in the afternoon.

A man in his 30s, Mr. A, who attempted to sexually assault a woman by secretly breaking into her home, is appearing in a wheelchair at the pre-trial detention hearing held on the afternoon of the 11th at the Incheon District Court in Michuhol-gu, Incheon.
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Mr. A is accused of assaulting and attempting sexual assault on a woman in her 20s, Ms. B, at a villa in Namdong-gu, Incheon, at around 2 AM on the 9th. It is reported that he secretly entered Ms. B’s home, whom he did not know, and hid in the bathroom.

The victim, Ms. B, ran to the front door around 9:27 AM, about seven hours after being confined, shouting "Help me," and a neighbor reported the incident to the police. When the police arrived, Mr. A opened a window and jumped out from the second floor of the villa to escape.

The police tracked Mr. A based on nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and other evidence and arrested him while he was hiding in another villa.

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