A man in his 60s who went on a rampage—threatening people at a neighborhood supermarket just four days after being released from prison for stalking and other crimes, and repeatedly visiting the store to cause a disturbance in defiance of police warnings—has been put back behind bars.
Chuncheon District Court Judge Park Dong-wook, presiding over Criminal Single Division 3, announced that he has sentenced a man in his 60s, designated as A, to one year in prison and ordered him to complete 40 hours of a stalking treatment program on charges of violating the Act on Punishment of Stalking Crimes.
According to the indictment, A visited a supermarket in Chuncheon in June and said to the owner, B, "Why aren't you greeting me? I just got out of prison."
When B went inside the store and locked the door, an angered A kicked the entrance door.
At the time, A had been released only four days prior after serving a three-year prison sentence for special extortion and stalking crimes.
Despite receiving a warning from police officers dispatched to the scene not to visit the victim anymore, A went back to the supermarket about a month later to confront the owner, asking, "Do you have a problem with me?" He was reported to the police once again and separated from the scene.
Even in August, right after undergoing police questioning regarding the incident, A repeatedly visited the supermarket, shouting, "Let's see this through to the end," and "Because of you, I have to pay a fine and get investigated. I won't let you get away with this."
Judge Park explained the sentencing rationale, stating, "He began stalking acts just four days after being released from prison, and the victim is likely to have suffered considerable psychological distress, yet he failed to restore the damage and has not been forgiven."