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A man in his 60s who was forced to get in a car and imprisoned while waiting in front of his house for not seeing him was sentenced to imprisonment.



Judge Park So-yeon, the 7-only criminal court of the Eastern District of Seoul, announced today (21) that a 61-year-old A, who was charged with special confinement, was sentenced to one year in prison.



Mr. A, who broke up after dating victim B for 7 years earlier, was briefly prosecuted for threatening Mr. B with a metal tool in August 2020.

At the time, Mr. B was afraid of Mr. A's retaliation and requested urgent personal protection.




However, Mr. A did not stop at this. In September of the same year, Mr. B waited for Mr. B day and night in the underground parking lot of his apartment in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. When Mr. B finally appeared around 12 noon on September 8th, Mr. A threatened, saying, "I have hydrochloric acid now, and if I don't listen, I will cut it with a weapon."



Mr. A picked up fearful Mr. B in his car and traveled around Gangwon-do and Gyeonggi-do for nine hours. After Mr. B replied with the intention of "I'll see you again", he turned the car and returned to Mr. However, when Mr. B tried to close the front door after pretending to follow Mr. A who wanted to go out again, Mr. A grabbed Mr. B again and put him in the car.



Mr. A stayed with Mr. B at a motel near Guri City on September 9, the next day, at around 1 am, and when Mr. B said, "I have a stomachache, I have to go to the hospital." Here, Mr. B secretly delivered a note to the employee saying'Please save him', and Mr. A was arrested after about 24 hours of the crime by a police officer who was dispatched to report 112.




The judge pointed out that "the degree of confinement is very serious, such as confining the victim in his or her own car and allowing urine to remain in the back seat. The victim seems to have felt extreme fear for 10,000 days."



He said, "Severe punishment is inevitable in light of the bad situation after the crime, such as the defendant being investigated on the day of arrest and attempting to make an extreme choice." I took into consideration the points and the like," he explained the reason for the sentence.



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