Man booked on charges of assaulting lover with ‘hurt’... turns out to be ‘false evidence’

“They strangled him and forced him to lie down… the usual drunken violence was severe,” the claim was “all false.”
Police “Some of the evidence photos were confirmed to be ‘marks of surgery’… The circumstances are unclear.”

There was a case where a man who was booked for assaulting his girlfriend was cleared of the charges after a police investigation.

Seoul Dongjak Police Station decided not to send Mr. A, in his 30s, who was booked on assault charges on the 29th of last month.

Mr. A was accused of strangling Mr. B and placing him on the floor so that he could not move during an argument with Mr. B, with whom he was in a romantic relationship last year.

Mr. B claimed that Mr. A's actions caused injuries to various parts of his body. He also submitted a complaint to the police station, saying that he often used violence when drunk.

On the other hand, Mr. A refuted that there was no assault itself. At the time, Mr. B, who was drunk, caused a disturbance on the street, and in the process of preventing it, injuries occurred. At the same time, he claimed that after the incident occurred, he explained the situation to the dispatched police officer and returned home with Mr. B.

In addition, he refuted that the drunken violence was a false claim made by Mr. B based on false evidence.

The police determined that Mr. A was not guilty. The police said, “Looking at the photos of the wounds and bruises submitted by the victim, it is presumed that there was a physical collision with the suspect,” but added, “However, the police officer who was dispatched after receiving the report at the time stated that he could not confirm the wounds on the victim’s body and did not hear any stories from the victim about the assault.”

He continued, “Considering all of these circumstances, it is difficult to clearly determine whether the wounds on the victim’s body were caused by the suspect’s actions or occurred before the incident,” adding, “It was also confirmed through the victim’s SNS account that some of the photos submitted as evidence of the assault were wounds resulting from treatment or cosmetic procedures for health problems.”

Seungjin Yoo, a lawyer at Daeryun Law Firm, who represented suspect A, explained, “When Mr. B was notified of the breakup, Mr. B was sued for posting false information on his social media. Afterwards, he created false evidence and counter-sued Mr. A.” He added, “The police also judged that Mr. B had unreasonably filed the complaint with the intention of using it to reach an agreement to withdraw the complaint, so it appears that they decided not to charge him.”

[Law Leader Reporter Son Dong-wook twson@lawleader.co.kr]

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