[SPOTV News = Reporter Jang Jin-ri] A special education teacher who was put on trial for abusing the son of webtoon writer Joo Ho-min was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
On the 15th, the prosecution requested a 10-month prison sentence for Mr. .
The Supreme Court recently ruled that information collected through a recorder secretly placed in a child's bag is not admissible as evidence.
In relation to this, the prosecution said, "There is a difference between recent precedents and this case in that the victim is an autistic child and cannot properly convey the damage he experienced to his parents and his defense ability is weak." He added, "Due to the nature of the case, other than recording, the legal rights of the victim are "It is difficult to find an appropriate means to defend, and it is questionable whether the defendant's remarks can be considered unshared conversation," he said, requesting that special education teacher A be sentenced to 10 months in prison and a three-year employment restriction.
On the other hand, Mr. A's side countered, based on the recent Supreme Court precedent, saying, "There is no evidence to prove the indictment, so please declare him not guilty."
Kim Ki-yoon, an advisory lawyer for the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, said, "The evidence that can support the indictment is a recording file, but it cannot be used as evidence of guilt because the mother of the victim secretly recorded it with a tape recorder and collected it without following legal procedures." “All the evidence based on the file is also unusable, so there is no evidence at all that can be used as evidence of guilt,” he said.
In his final statement, Mr. A said, "It is so sad and difficult to be accused of abusing a disabled student whom I loved," and added, "Considering the process I worked hard to build trust with the victim and work together, please forgive me the injustice and help teachers who are in trouble for similar things to me." “Please give us a ruling that can give us hope,” he appealed.
The sentencing hearing will be held on February 1.