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A man in his 50s was sentenced to probation in the court of appeals for a man in his 50s who escaped to the police after a drunk driving accident, saying, "I drank alcohol after the accident."



On the 8th (today), the 1st Criminal Division of the Chuncheon District Court (Chief Judge Kim Cheong-mi) maintained the lower court sentenced to 1 year in prison and 2 years of probation in the appeals trial of A (52), who was charged with violating the Road Traffic Act (drunk driving). said.



On May 24, 2020, at around 10:40 p.m., Mr. A was handed over to trial for driving a Starex vehicle while intoxicated on a road about 1 km in Wonju, Gangwon-do. 



A fell into an agricultural waterway while driving and reported the rescue, and the tow truck driver who was dispatched suspected A's drunk driving and reported it to the police.



When asked if he drank alcohol by a police officer who was dispatched to the scene, Mr. A excused himself by saying, "I drank a little bit of makgeolli before the tow truck driver came."



But when unopened makgeolli and empty beer cans were found in the car, he suddenly reversed his statement to the effect that he "drank canned beer in fact."



As a result of the investigation, Mr. A's blood alcohol level at the time was 0.153%, twice the level of his license revocation.



During the trial, Mr. A claimed, "After the accident, after the car fell into the agricultural waterway, I drank a bottle of makgeolli and a can of beer until the tow truck driver came, and I had never driven while drinking alcohol before that."



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However, Wonju Ji-won of the Chuncheon District Court, who was in charge of the first trial, pointed out, "It is difficult to accept the excuse that he drank a bottle of makgeolli and a can of beer in a short time after the accident before the tow truck driver arrived, when the accused was suspected of drunk driving." I did.



He added, "It is normal for him to have a history of being punished three times for the same type of crime," adding that he was sentenced to one year in prison and two years of probation.



The second trial court also emphasized, "The crime in this case was that the accused drove a vehicle while drunk, and the quality of the crime is not good."



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