After arguing with his girlfriend, he threw a 10kg computer chair from the 15th floor and was sentenced to 6 months in prison!

Yangzhong's first high-altitude parabolic criminal case sentenced

　　Yangzi Evening News (Correspondent Liu Jianxiu, reporter Wan Lingyun) On the morning of April 24, the Yangzhong Court sentenced a high-altitude projectile case online through the Smart Trial System, and sentenced the defendant Liu to six months in prison and a fine of three. thousand dollars.

The reporter learned that this case is the first case in Yangzhong City to be sentenced for the crime of throwing objects from high altitudes after the Criminal Law Amendment (XI) was officially implemented.

　　At around 20:00 on August 6, 2021, the defendant Liu Mou quarreled with his girlfriend at home. In order to vent his emotions, Liu Mou directly threw a computer chair weighing about 10 kilograms in the living room from the residence on the 15th floor.

In the end, the computer chair was damaged on the north aisle of the building, and it fell 9 meters away from Mr. Lin, who was walking here.

　　After trial, the Yangzhong Court held that the defendant Liu threw objects from the building, and the circumstances were serious, and his behavior constituted the crime of throwing objects from high altitudes.

The fact that the Yangzhong City People's Procuratorate accused the defendant Liu of committing the crime of throwing objects from high altitude is clear, the evidence is reliable and sufficient, the accusation is convicted, and this court supports it.

　　Defendant Liu has been able to truthfully confess the facts of his crime since he was brought back to court to the court hearing.

Liu voluntarily pleaded guilty and accepted punishment and could be dealt with leniently in accordance with the law.

Since he has been criminally punished for the crime, he may be given a heavier punishment at his discretion.

　　The court stated that the above judgment was made in accordance with the Criminal Law Amendment (11) in accordance with the law.

Judge's statement

　　No matter how small an object is, once it falls from a high floor, it may cause very serious harmful consequences.

In order to prevent and punish high-altitude throwing crimes, the "Criminal Law Amendment (11)", which will be implemented on March 1, 2021, will add a new crime of throwing objects from high-altitude, from buildings or other high-altitude throwing objects, and serious acts are defined as crimes. , as Article 291-2 of the "Criminal Law": "Throwing objects from buildings or other high altitudes, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, criminal detention, or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined. If it constitutes other crimes at the same time, it shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions on heavier punishment.”

　　Moreover, high-altitude parabolic may also involve civil tort liability.

As for the perpetrator who can identify the perpetrator, the perpetrator shall bear the tort liability. If it is difficult to determine after investigation, unless it can be proved that he is not the infringer, the user of the building who may inflict damage shall make compensation, and then the actual infringer can be compensated. people recover.

At the same time, if building managers such as property service companies fail to take necessary security measures, they should also bear corresponding tort liability according to law.