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A 50-year-old man who struck and killed another customer for accidentally taking his outerwear from a bar has been sentenced to prison.



The 13th Criminal Division of the Gwangju District Court (Chief Judge Shim Jae-hyeon) announced yesterday (17th) that it had sentenced 51-year-old A, who was charged with injury and death, to four years in prison.



On October 19, 2018, at around 10:10 p.m., in front of a bar in Gwangju, Mr. A was indicted on the charge of striking a customer B next to him with his fist and causing him to die after two years of treatment.



At that time, Mr. B was in a state of intoxication, mistaken for Mr. A's outerwear on the table next to him, and picked it up and went out.

Person A's party who witnessed this informed Mr. A of this fact, and Mr. A followed Mr. B.



Person A was arguing that Mr. B did not apologize and hit Mr. B in the face once with his fist.

B, who was assaulted, fell backward and hit his head against an iron door and the floor.



B, who was receiving treatment for traumatic epidural hemorrhage, cerebral contusion and cognitive impairment after this incident, eventually died in September 2020.




During the trial, Mr. A insisted, "There is no fact that I hit Mr. B in the face to death," but the court's statement from the doctor in charge of Mr. B, saying, "I had brain hemorrhage due to an external force and had to undergo surgery 3 times due to frequent bleeding." We did not accept Mr. A's claim by synthesizing the contents of the testimony of the witnesses and the witnesses.



The court said, "The eyewitness statement that 'I saw Mr. A hit near the head of Mr. B while swinging his arm' was consistent with the statement of Mr. B and a pub employee. On the other hand, Mr. A's party, who had a drinking party It is suspected that they matched each other's words, such as making contradictory statements."



He continued, "It seems that Mr. A must have known that Mr. B was intoxicated, but he exerted a strong tangible force to the extent that he fell straight like an old tree." He left the scene. A's actions have a causal relationship with B's death."



The court said, "Mr. A did not overcome the emotions of the moment and used violence, resulting in a grave result of the death of Mr. B. He denied the crime without sincerely asking for forgiveness from the bereaved family." He recommended transfer, but the sentence was decided based on the fact that he was not treated in a timely manner.”



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