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Men who brokered or bought prostitution for runaway youths were sentenced to probation.
According to the legal community on the 22nd, the 12th Criminal Division of the Daejeon District Law (Presiding Judge Yoo Seok-cheol) charged 25-year-old A and 22-year-old B, respectively He was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison with 2 years of probation and 1 year of imprisonment with 2 years of probation.
The court ordered Mr. A to take 40 hours of lectures on prevention of prostitution, three-year employment restrictions and probation at child and youth-related organizations.
In addition, three men in their 20s and 50s who were handed over to trial on charges of violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth (purchase of sex, etc.) were each sentenced to 10 months in prison and 2 years of probation.
In addition, he ordered 40 hours of anti-prostitution lectures and 120 hours of community service.
A is accused of inviting a 17-year-old runaway youth, C, whom he met on SNS in July of last year, to come to Daejeon, where he resides, and then invite an adult male to engage in prostitution twice near Yongmun Station in Seo-gu.
B was charged with taking 14-year-old Ms. D from her residence in Seo-gu, Daejeon for about two months from January last year, knowing that she was making money for living through prostitution without reporting it.
In the process, it was investigated that three men in their 20s and 50s paid cash to D and bought sex.
The court said, "Although the defendants knew that the victims were runaway teenagers, they did not report for a long period of time or suggested prostitution to some victims," the court said. "He judged.
He also explained the reason for sentencing, "All of the defendants acknowledged and reflected on their crimes, and took into account the fact that they have no history of punishing the same type of crime."
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