A man in his 50s molested a woman who was paying her bills in a parking lot... What is the court decision?

Defendant: “Contacted while moving the parking payment kiosk”
Law acquitted for touching the victim's bag

A man in his 50s who was put on trial for assaulting a woman who was paying her bills at a parking lot kiosk was acquitted.

On the 17th of last month, the Gwangju District Court found Mr. A, a man in his 50s, not guilty on charges of forcible harassment.

Person A is accused of touching the body of Person B, a woman who was standing in front of a parking payment kiosk machine in a supermarket parking lot in Gwangju last year.

Person A denied the charges. He claimed that he had trouble moving his body due to a chronic illness, and that he accidentally bumped into him while he was moving because Mr. B, who was paying his bills, told him to use the machine next to him.

He also emphasized that there were many people around at the time of the incident and that there was no reason to commit such a crime in a situation where even his spouse was present.

The court found Mr. A not guilty. The court said, "When looking at the CCTV footage of the scene, it can be confirmed that the defendant's arm was caught in the bag the victim was carrying and the victim's body came into contact," but added, "It cannot be concluded that the defendant touched with the intention of molestation."

He added, "The defendant's spouse was very close by, and it is difficult to say that he committed the crime of forcible harassment immediately after talking to the victim in a situation where many people were passing by."

Attorney Kim Seong-ik of Daeryun Law Firm, who represented Mr. A, explained, "In order to establish a crime of forcible molestation, it must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that there was intent to commit the molestation. Mr. A emphasized that he did not intentionally approach Mr. B but was moving to settle the settlement, thereby proving that there was no intention."

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Park Seok-ho (haitai2000@ikbc.co.kr)

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