The prosecution appealed, arguing that the sentence in the first trial, which sentenced a 20-year-old man to 6 years in prison for assaulting a classmate and putting her in a vegetative state, was too low.
The Gunsan Branch of the Jeonju District Prosecutor’s Office announced on the 3rd that Mr. A (20), indicted on charges of grievous bodily harm, had appealed the original trial decision on the grounds of wrongful conviction.
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Regarding the grounds of the appeal, it was added: “Deemed that the accused threw the victim, who was his classmate, to the ground, causing her serious injuries, including a brain hemorrhage, and made no effort to recover from the damage for a considerable period.” time, we felt that the sentence in the first trial was low.”
A prosecution official said: “After the conclusion of the first argument of the trial, we submitted an opinion to the court to increase the sentence from the original 5 years in prison to ‘8 years in prison’ based on the results of the interview with the victim parents and further investigation into the conviction of the accused.”
Previously, the First Criminal Division of the Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Court (Chief Judge Seong-min Jeong) sentenced Mr. A to six years in prison and detained him in court during the sentencing hearing the previous day.
Mr A was charged without detention on charges of assaulting and injuring a middle school classmate by forcefully pushing her into an accommodation facility while traveling in Busan on February 6 last year. It was found that he intervened while the victim was arguing with another classmate.
The victim suffered serious injuries to her back and neck as a result of the attack and was taken to hospital, but was diagnosed with a brain haemorrhage and remained in a vegetative state, completely paralyzed and unconscious.
Accordingly, the first court stated: “It is accepted that the defendant pushed the two adult women with such force that they flew away, even though they were close enough to have formed a friendship with the victim and taken trips together. Accordingly , the victim, who was only 19 years old at the time, entered a vegetative state.” She “she absolutely needs a ventilator and the assistance of others”.
He continued: “Although 1 year and 3 months have passed since the incident, the defendant has not even attempted to recover the damage, and the circumstances after the crime are not good, such as criminally depositing the 30 million won to him that he had paid.” offered to the victim immediately before sentencing, when his attempt was rejected.” The victim’s mother refused to accept bail and demands severe punishment, and the defendant committed a more serious crime six months before the incident for having assaulted a 17-year-old woman while they were dating and was punished with a summary measure.
In this regard, the victim’s mother posted in an online community during the first trial a post about the harm suffered by her daughter, saying: “My beautiful and kind daughter, who went on a trip with a friend, became in a state vegetative quadriplegic” and “A strong man killed a fragile 44 kg girl.” “He hit his head,” she said.
He continued: “The perpetrator and his family hired a lawyer without a word of apology. “The world in which the poor and weak suffer injustice must end,” he lamented.
Jeonju = reporter Kim Dong-wook kdw7636@segye.com
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