"I Was Stabbed," Urgent Call Brings 7 Police Officers — But There Is a Twist

A woman in her 30s who was put on trial for repeatedly making false emergency calls to 112 claiming that "someone stabbed me with a knife" and causing police officers to be dispatched has been acquitted.

According to the legal community, Judge Kim Hee-dong of Criminal Division 3 at the Uijeongbu District Court acquitted the woman in her 30s, identified as A, who had been indicted without detention on charges of obstruction of official duties.

Around 8:40 p.m. on August 20 of last year, A called 112 from an apartment in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, reporting, "Someone came with a knife and stabbed me. My stomach hurts. They just opened the door and left."

At the time, A had not actually been stabbed by a weapon, but upon receiving the report, police dispatched seven officers, including those from the local precinct, to A's home in an emergency response.

A had previously made multiple 112 reports on prior occasions.

Investigations showed that at 6:10 p.m. on the day of the incident, she also made a report claiming that someone had entered her home.

A was brought to trial on charges of deceiving police officers with a false report and interfering with the police's 112 incident handling duties.

However, the court ruled that it was difficult to conclude that A had deceived the police officers while fully aware that the content of her report was false.

The court explained, "Following the incident, A was diagnosed with mental illness at two medical institutions, and regarding her earlier 112 report on the day of the incident, a police officer recorded that 'the reporter genuinely believes that a man from the downstairs household entered her residence.' There was also a statement from A's husband, confirmed by police, indicating that her symptoms began four years ago."

The court added, "In the crime of obstruction of official duties by fraudulent means, fraudulent means refer to causing another party to fall into misunderstanding, delusion, or ignorance and exploiting it to achieve the perpetrator's purpose. Based solely on the submitted evidence, it is difficult to see that it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant recognized her report was false and caused the police officers to fall into misunderstanding, delusion, or ignorance."
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