Emergency Call Claiming "I Was Stabbed" Prompts 7 Police Officers to Dispatch—Only to Reveal a Twist

A woman in her 30s who was put on trial on charges of repeatedly making false emergency calls to 112 claiming that "someone stabbed me with a knife" and mobilizing police officers 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 thirties, identified as A, who had been indicted without detention on charges of obstruction of official duties.

Around 8:40 PM on August 20 of last year, A called 112 from an apartment in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, 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 the local precinct, to A's home.

A had made multiple 112 calls prior to this incident.

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

A was sent to trial on charges of deceiving police officers with a false report and obstructing their 112 emergency response duties.

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

The court explained, "Following the incident, A was diagnosed with psychiatric disorders 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 household entered her residence.' There was also a statement from A's husband confirming that her symptoms began four years ago."

The court added, "In the crime of obstruction of official duties by fraudulent means, deception refers to causing another person to have a misunderstanding, illusion, or lack of awareness and taking advantage of it to achieve the perpetrator's objective. The evidence submitted alone is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was aware her report was false and caused the police officers to fall into misunderstanding, illusion, or ignorance."
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