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A 30-year-old doctor who indiscriminately assaulted a tied up Poongsan dog with a frying pan, etc., claimed 'legitimate self-defence', but was sentenced to imprisonment.
Today (31st), the Gwangju District Court 2nd Criminal Independent (Presiding Judge Park Min-woo) announced that he sentenced doctor A (39), who was accused of violating the Animal Protection Act, to 7 months in prison and 2 years probation.
Mr. A is accused of hitting a Pungsan dog with a leash on it with a frying pan while passing by a factory in Buk-gu, Gwangju at around 11:35 pm on July 11 last year.
At that time, Mr. A entered the factory yard, picked up building materials, swung at the dog, and then picked up a frying pan on the floor and hit it hard over 20 times.
It is said that the owner of the Poongsan dog spent 1.28 million won for treatment.
As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that Mr. A committed the crime because a dog tied to the factory entrance barked at him.
He then claimed that there were stray dogs when he passed the factory entrance, and that he was threatened by the dog and beaten, so it was "self-defense".
However, the court rejected A's argument.
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The judge said, "Considering that Mr. A was never directly threatened by the victim's dog and he could have passed the scene as it was, he indiscriminately hit the dog on a leash. judged not to."
“Such a crime violates the purpose of the Animal Protection Act, which seeks to protect the lives of animals by preventing cruelty to animals and respects the lives of animals,” he said. It's not light," he explained.
He continued, "However, it seems that he must have felt some degree of threat from the stray dogs at night, so we synthesized the fact that there were some circumstances worth considering in the crime, and that the victim did not want to be punished by agreement with the victim." It is.
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