At the time of the illegal filming of singer Jung Joon-young, a police officer charged with poorly investigating the case was commuted at the appeals court. 



According to the court today (6th), the day before, the 5-2 part of the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Court (Chief Judges Won Jeong-suk, Jeong Deok-soo, Choi Byung-ryul) suspended the sentence of imprisonment for police officer A, who was charged with neglect of duty, preparation of false public documents, and bribery. He broke the first trial sentence and was fined 2 million won.



In August 2016, while working as a team leader with a female youth at the Seongdong Police Station in Seoul, Mr. A was handed over to trial by deliberately handling poorly and writing false official documents during the investigation of Im Han Jung Jun-young. 



He secured Mr. Jung's cell phone and sent the case to the prosecution without complying with the instruction that forensics was necessary, or wrote 'Mr. Jung admitted to the crime' in the investigation report even though Mr. Jung denied the crime, and made a forensic request form. I am accused of not checking the copy with the original and writing it as 'corresponding to the original'.



He contacted the mobile phone forensics company and requested a confirmation that recovery was impossible, but when he was refused, it was reported that he received a confirmation from Jung's lawyer to the same effect and included it in the report. 



In the process, he is also accused of receiving a request from Jung's lawyer to "report the case quickly without securing a mobile phone or forensic data" and was provided with a meal worth 17,000 won. 



Accordingly, the first trial court found A guilty of all charges and sentenced him to six months in prison and one year of probation, and ordered to collect a fine of 50,000 won and 17,000 won.



However, the second trial judge acquitted the charges of neglect of duty and bribery, except for the preparation of false public documents. 



The second trial judge ruled, "In order to receive orders from superiors and to deal with the case quickly, we sent the case to the prosecution without securing forensic data, and there was no intention to handle the case poorly." 



In addition, "Mr. Jung's lawyer has never solicited a request for expedited processing or the defendant has granted it, and it is appropriate to view the 17,000 won for a meal provided by Mr. A as a courtesy rather than a request for favor. I saw it." 



However, regarding the allegation of creating a false official document, he said, "I wrote 'contrast the original' without comparing it with the original." 



Meanwhile, Jung was indicted on charges of distributing illegal sexual footage in 2019 and gang rape of drunken women, and was sentenced to five years in prison by the Supreme Court in September 2020.