Daegu District Court Sentences to 10 Months Imprisonment and 2 Years Probation
Committed Crime After Refusing Sentence Execution While Fined and Wanted
A man in his 30s who was wanted by the police and caught in a crackdown was sentenced to prison after luring a police officer to his home and releasing his hunting dogs, causing injury.
The Daegu District Court Criminal Division 4 (Presiding Judge Kim Moon-seong) sentenced A (32), who was indicted in April on charges of obstruction of official duties and injury, to 10 months in prison with a 2-year probation and ordered 160 hours of community service, according to a report by Newsis on the 23rd.
A is accused of luring police officer B (43) of the Daegu Police Agency, who was trying to arrest him, into his home on March 16 last year and releasing three hunting dogs he kept, causing injury. On that day around 8:50 p.m., B confirmed through a vehicle number check that A, who was riding a motorcycle on the road, was wanted for a fine. B immediately followed A, and after about 30 minutes of pursuit, at A’s house, he notified him of the issuance of a warrant for execution of sentence and attempted to carry it out. The warrant for execution of sentence is an order to summon a person who has received a death sentence, imprisonment, detention, or similar punishment but has not been detained, for the purpose of executing the sentence.
However, A did not comply immediately and said, "The clothes I am wearing now are the ones I wear when riding a motorcycle," and asked to be allowed to change clothes. Because of this, B entered A’s house with a colleague. But as A passed through the gate and went inside, he suddenly opened the storage door saying, "I need to release the dogs," and three hound-type hunting dogs inside the storage rushed out. As a result, B was bitten on his left thigh by the dogs.
The prosecution indicted A for obstructing the lawful execution of police duties and causing injury by having the dogs bite the officer.
The first trial court stated, "It is necessary to impose strict responsibility to establish the nation’s legal order and ensure the effectiveness of public authority," and pointed out, "Considering the circumstances and content of the crime, the defendant’s offense is not minor and he has not been forgiven by the victim." Regarding the sentencing, the court explained, "However, A’s admission of wrongdoing and remorse shown at the end of the trial, and the fact that he had no prior record beyond fines before this case, were considered favorable factors."
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