Emergency Call Claiming "I Was Stabbed" Prompts Police Dispatch of 7 Officers, But the Truth Takes a "Turn"

A woman in her 30s who was put on trial on charges of repeatedly making false emergency reports 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 woman A, who was indicted without detention on charges of obstruction of official duties.

At around 8:40 p.m. on August 20 of last year, A called 112 from an apartment in Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do, stating, "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 with a weapon, but upon receiving the report, the police urgently dispatched seven officers, including those from a district police unit, to A's home.

A had previously made multiple 112 reports.

It was investigated 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 report handling duties.

However, the court ruled that it is difficult to conclude that A deceived the police officers while being aware that the report contents were false.

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

It added, "In the crime of obstruction of official duties by fraudulent means, fraudulent means refers to causing the other party to have a misunderstanding, illusion, or ignorance in order to achieve the perpetrator's purpose and taking advantage of it. Given only the submitted evidence, it is difficult to view that proof has been made beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant recognized her report was false and caused the police officers to fall into misunderstanding, illusion, or ignorance."
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