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A public official who was handed over to trial for illegally filming the bodies of women more than 100 times at a subway station has been sentenced to a suspended sentence in the first trial.
The court ruled that the defendant working at the public health center seemed to have committed the crime because he was not able to adequately relieve stress due to the heavy workload caused by the spread of COVID-19.
On the 7th of last month, on the 7th of last month, the Seoul Eastern District Court's 9th Criminal Division (Judge Jeon Gyeong-se) sentenced public health center official A, who was charged with violating the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes, to 1 year and 6 months in prison and 2 years of probation.
He was also ordered to take 40 hours of sexual assault treatment lectures.
Mr. A is accused of filming the victim's body using a cell phone camera application that does not make a sound when filming on an escalator at a subway station exit in Gangnam-gu, Seoul around 11:18 pm on May 12 last year.
Not only that, he was also charged with filming videos with the body of an unspecified number of women a total of 123 times from July 2020 to May last year.
The court pointed out that the illegal filming of women's bodies was repeated over a period of time, and that the number of filming was considerable.
He added, "Digital sex crimes are difficult to completely delete video material, and video material can be easily copied, reproduced, or distributed at any time, and it can inflict continuous damage to victims, so it is necessary to be strict."
However, the court found that the accused was reflecting, reached an agreement with the victim, and had no history of criminal punishment. It seems that he was unable to commit the crime,” he explained.