“Looked at Me in an Unpleasant Way,” Firefighter Assaults Teen Boy ... Fined 3 Million Won

[Financial News] A firefighter who assaulted a teenage boy on a city bus because the boy had looked at the firefighter in an unpleasant way was sentenced to a fine.
According to legal sources on the 13th, Judge Lee Yun-gyu of the Eastern Branch of the Busan District Court sentenced A, who was indicted on a charge of bodily injury, to a fine of 3 million won.
A is accused of punching 17-year-old B in the face once aboard a city bus stopped at the bus stop for Oryukdo Middle School in Nam-gu, Busan, at around 10:55 p.m. on April 9. B suffered injuries, including bruising around the eyes, that required three weeks of treatment.
Investigators found that A acted in a moment of anger because B had looked at A with an unpleasant expression.
According to the written judgment, A is a firefighter with a fire station in Busan. The court said, “The defendant struck and injured the victim for no particular reason and denied committing the offense to the victim who followed A, among other things, making the defendant’s conduct particularly reprehensible. The victim has also petitioned for the defendant to be punished severely.”
However, the court explained its sentencing rationale, saying, “We took into account, among other things, that the defendant was a first-time offender with no prior criminal record.”
A spokesperson for the Busan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said in this regard, “A was disciplined in June. However, the details of the disciplinary action cannot be disclosed under the relevant law.”
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