When he was caught driving while drunk, the court of appeals tried to deceive the driver by telling the name of another person to the police officer.
The first criminal division of the Ulsan District Law (President Judge Lee Woo-cheol) canceled the court case for probation against A (40s, female) who was handed over to the trial on charges of running away, etc. 25) revealed.
A was driving drunk at dawn in September 2019, but when he was caught drinking on the road in Gijang-gun, Busan, he acted as a spouse of his acquaintance, his companion, B (male, 40s).
Instead of himself, Mr. A told the policeman about the personal information of Mr. B's spouse, and wrote the name of Mr. B's spouse in the signature box confirming that he drunk and drove.
Earlier in April of the same year, Mr. A was driving an unlicensed road on the Nam-gu road in Ulsan before invading the central line, hitting three vehicles, including a truck and a passenger car, and injuring five people.
Mr. A ran away and only appeared at the police station the afternoon of the day.
In consideration of Mr. A's reflection and agreement with the victims, the first trial court sentenced him to one year and eight months in prison and three years probation.
However, the court of appeals court sentenced Mr. A to imprisonment for not having a spirit of compliance with traffic laws.
The Court of Appeals said, "After being investigated for a runaway incident after the invasion of the central line, I drunk and drove again," and said, "A sentence of imprisonment is inevitable."
The court of appeals court gave the key to driving his car even though he knew that Mr. A was drunk, and when he was caught drinking, he and Mr. B pretended to be married to the policeman. Sentenced to two years probation.
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