A woman in her 20s who struck the head of a man in his 60s several times with a cell phone inside a train on Seoul Subway Line 9 has been charged with another assault.
According to the court today (21st), Judge Jeon Beom-shik, the 8th independent criminal of the Seoul Southern District Court, additionally filed a case of assault by a woman in her 20s, who is being tried on charges of special injury and insult, and merged the two cases on the 14th. .
The court was scheduled to give a first-instance sentence on the 8th, but it was decided to postpone the sentencing date and combine additional prosecution cases.
The trial will be held tomorrow (22nd) at 10 am.
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A is suspected of hitting the head of a man in his 60s, B, several times with a cell phone in a train headed for Gayang Station on Subway Line 9 in March.
At the time, when drunk A spit on the inside of the train, B grabbed the bag and made it impossible to get off, and in an angry way, A was said to have picked up his cell phone and struck B's head with a corner and kicked his shin.
In the process, Mr. A is known to have used abusive language and abusive language, such as "I have a police background" and "I'm dirty, so let go".
The video of Mr. A's assault became controversial as it spread through social media and online communities.
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Earlier, on the 25th of last month, the prosecution requested the court to sentence A to two years in prison.
In the closing argument, Mr. A's lawyer said, "(A) admits to all of the charges and is reflecting." He said, "I did not reach an agreement, but I tried to reach an agreement, and that Mr. A is in a condition that requires treatment such as depression. Please consider the sentencing."
Person A said, "I have side effects from being bullied in school." "I think I started to hate the elderly when I was practicing as a nursing assistant at the hospital. I am regretting that I never received a psychiatric diagnosis." .
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