A man in his 70s who was handed over to trial for assaulting a granddaughter girl was sentenced to five years in prison by the prosecution.
According to the court on the 5th, on the 31st of last month, the 29th Division of the Criminal Agreement of the Seoul Central District Court (President Judge Kim Chang-hyung) held a decision hearing of 75-year-old A, who was accused of forcibly harassing a minor under the age of 13.
Mr. A was handed over to trial on October 29 last year for touching and kissing the body of Miss B, a child under the age of 13.
After the incident, Mr. A tried several times to reach an agreement with the victim, but it was said that both sides did not want an agreement.
The prosecution imprisoned Mr. A for five years, and requested the court to complete a sexual violence treatment program and to limit employment in institutions related to children and adolescents and welfare facilities for the disabled for 10 years.
In the final statement, Mr. A left the words, "I did it by mistake after drinking a drink. I'm sorry."
Mr. A's lawyer said, "We admit to the facts of the prosecution, but at the time the defendant drank a lot of makgeolli and he was in a state of mental and physical weakness that he did not remember the situation." I hope that the punishment is as generous as possible in consideration of everything,” he appealed.
A's sentence will be held on the 21st of next month.
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