Woman's False Report Out of Spite Over Breakup... Man Imprisoned for Half a Year

"Boyfriend injured with a weapon" false report
Case reversal 170 days after man's detention
Woman says "Police believed me too much, making things worse"

A woman who harbored resentment and made a false report after her boyfriend broke up with her has been brought to trial. The victim endured an unjust imprisonment for as long as 170 days and faced a distressing situation of severe debt after his release.

The female perpetrator stated, "The police and prosecutors believed all my lies, which escalated the situation."

According to a report by SBS on the 7th, the nightmare began for Mr. Kim, a man in his 40s, in April two years ago. At that time, Ms. A, who was Kim’s girlfriend, reported him to the police, claiming he had inflicted injury on her neck with a weapon.

Kim was arrested on charges of special injury and intimidation based on A’s report and underwent investigation. Kim consistently denied the charges during the police investigation, but when A presented the wound on her neck as evidence, he was immediately detained.

However, this was a fabricated lie. In an interview with SBS, Kim lamented, "Even though I kept saying I didn’t do it, the investigator kept telling me to admit it quickly and just do that." Due to this incident, Kim was detained in April 2021 on charges of special injury and intimidation and began serving time in prison.

After 170 days of detention, a reversal occurred. The first trial court acquitted Kim, noting that A’s statements frequently changed during the investigation and trial process, and that Kim’s DNA was not detected on the weapon.

Following the acquittal, intensified additional investigations led A to change her story and admit to making a false report. A man had been wrongfully imprisoned for nearly six months on charges of injuring his girlfriend with a weapon, but it was revealed to be a case of false accusation caused by the woman’s false report.

A confessed that she had harbored resentment after Kim broke up with her, self-inflicted wounds with a weapon, and then reported him.

According to a report by SBS on the 7th, the nightmare began for Mr. Kim, in his 40s, in April two years ago. At that time, Ms. A, who was Mr. Kim's girlfriend, reported him to the police, claiming that "he inflicted a neck injury with a weapon."
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A claimed, "The police and prosecutors believed all my lies, which escalated the situation."

Kim, the victim of false accusation, also suffered financial damage. In an interview with SBS, he expressed, "My credit loan fell through, and when I got out after serving time, it had just become my debt."

The police explained in an interview with SBS regarding the investigation at the time, "The woman reported directly, and the weapon was even found, so we had no choice but to believe the victim’s statement." Meanwhile, the prosecution arrested A in April on charges of false accusation and brought her to trial.

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