Article: Police, "There was a threat at the time of the attempted r*pe in Shillim-dong"
Source: KBS
Police have concluded that "there was a threat at the time of the attempted r*pe in Shillim-dong" and have deemed it appropriate to charge the 30 year old "Cho" for attempted r*pe.
The Gwanak Police Station in Seoul explained on the 1st that according to the CCTV footage reviewed, Cho tried to open the victim's door handle and urged the victim to open the door for more than 10 minutes. When the victim didn't open the door, Cho then tried to open the door by trying to guess the door lock password.
The police official said, "We reviewed the law based on the facts and requested an arrest warrant in consideration of the gravity and danger of the crime. The court recognized this and issued the warrant."
Judge Shin Jong-yeol of the Seoul Central District Court said, "The risk of action is high. We recognized that there is also the risk of flight so we approved the arrest warrant."
Cho was arrested on May 31st on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes. According to Korea law on Sexual crimes, Cho is facing a minimum of 3 years of prison.
- [+505, -22] What about YG and Yang Hyun Suk, Seungri and Psy???
- [+257, -11] The police are finally doing their job...so will you sentence the sex offender to death then?
- [+171, 16] Criminal defenders...see you're quiet about them now ㅋㅋ
- [+79, -1] Oh my god. She must've been so scared. Crazy!!
- [+79, -1] Like they're not overdoing this at all. Will they wait until the continuous stalking leads to a murder or two before they do something about it? And what about the PC room Kim Sung-soo case? He also tried to commit a crime and failed. If you just let it go as a misdemeanor who is responsible for the other violent crimes that will happen after that? This case is clearly too criminally motivated for them to even punish him for the attempted r*pe.
- [+73, -1] Wow, so he targeted her from the beginning, tried to open her door and even tried to find the password. Of course this is enough for an attempted r*pe. This is why it's so important to prevent things like this in the first place.
- [+47, -0] It's an attempted r*pe but only a minimum of 3 years??? Shouldn't it be 30 years or more??
- [+37, 0] You tried to bury it at first but once the public sentiment changed, you switched to attempted r*pe. What all these Korean cops care about is keeping their rice bowls full [implying bribery].
- [+30, 0] Wow..the same thing happened to me when I was a college student years ago. He kept knocking on the door, pulling on the knocker for about 40 minutes. I didn't have CCTV so when he left I called my parents right away and they came to get me. Ever since then whenever I hear a small sound, my heart starts pounding. Up to this day I'm still struggling. I'm traumatized.
- [+9, -0] I'm sure he's done it before..
