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A man in his 30s who walked into the house after a woman passing by while wandering the street was handed over to a trial for trespassing and sentenced to imprisonment.
According to the legal community on the 20th, the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Settlement Section 34 (Chief Judge Heo Seon-ah) sentenced 38-year-old Lee Mo, who was charged with house trespassing and property damage, to 10 months in prison.
Lee was indicted on the charge of roaming in Seocho-gu, Seoul around 9 p.m. on September 7 last year, following victim A, passing nearby, and breaking into the front door of A's residence, an officetel.
It was investigated that he went inside while holding the door with his hand when Mr. A was opening the front door, and Mr. A, who felt a presence, shouted and pushed him twice, and then went out at night.
At the trial, Mr. Lee only checked the parcel box placed in front of Mr. A's front door and did not break in, and argued that he was in a mentally and physically weak state at the time of the crime, but the court did not accept all of them.
The court said, "I followed the victim and broke into the residence without permission and damaged the unmanned payment machine in the parking lot," said the court. seen," he pointed out.
It added, "After being arrested for the crime of trespassing, the defendant has not shown any remorse, such as not cooperating with the related investigation at all."
Meanwhile, the prosecution requested that Mr. Lee be treated for symptoms of schizophrenia from around September 2020 and that he is refusing treatment even though he suffered from psychotic symptoms accompanied by delusions or hallucinations, but the court did not accept it.
The court said, "The defendant received treatment for suspected schizophrenia one year and four months before the judgment in this case was sentenced. "It is difficult to see the accused as mentally or physically handicapped," he said.