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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] The court has suspended the imposition of a fine on husband A, who secretly checked his wife's social networking service (SNS) content suspecting infidelity.
On the 10th, the Criminal Division 12 of Daegu District Court (Chief Judge Lee Gyucheol) announced that it had suspended the imposition of a 1 million won fine on A (47), who was indicted for violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.
The court also acquitted A of charges of installing a recorder and camera at home to record and film his wife's calls and conversations (violation of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act).
The court explained the sentencing reason, saying, "The crime was committed impulsively, there are mitigating circumstances in the background, and considering that the wife did not raise any issues for over five years after the crime and the couple maintained their relationship."
Regarding the violation of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act, the court stated, "It appears that the scope of the recordings was limited to evidence collection, and the motive and purpose of the act were justifiable as it was to secure evidence related to the crime and to protect one's body and health."
A was brought to trial on suspicion of entering the password of his wife B's (46) phone while she was asleep in September 2014 and secretly viewing her KakaoTalk messages, suspecting her infidelity.
Since 2008, A and his wife had been living separately due to conflicts, and on the day of the crime, when B came home late drunk, A suspected an affair and opened her phone.
In 2019, A confronted B about her calls suspecting infidelity and was even asked for a divorce. Around that time, in November of the same year, A felt stomach pain and was diagnosed with gastritis and esophagitis after a health checkup.
Suspicious of a bleach smell on his toothbrush around the same time, A noticed the direction of his toothbrush had changed and secretly installed a recorder and camera at home to record and film.
The recorder captured B's voice saying, "Why don't you die?" and "I hope you die today," along with sounds of something being sprayed. The camera recorded B spraying bleach on A's toothbrush and other items.
Convinced that B was trying to harm him, A filed a victim protection order with the court in April last year based on the collected evidence, which the court accepted and issued a temporary protection order. Afterwards, A accused B of attempted murder.
Currently, B is on trial for attempted special injury for spraying bleach on A's toothbrush.
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