70-Year-Old Receives Suspended Sentence for Assaulting Acquaintance with Soju Bottle and Brick Over Canceled Song

A 70-year-old individual has received a suspended prison sentence for assaulting an acquaintance because they canceled a song he had reserved on a tour bus.

The Cheongju District Court sentenced the 70-year-old, identified as A, to six months in prison, suspended for two years, on charges of special injury.

The incident occurred around 6:00 PM on June 8 of last year.

A struck the head of B, a fellow member of a hiking club in their 70s who had been on a mountain trip together, with a soju bottle in front of a gas station in Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju.

He was subsequently indicted for attempting to assault the victim further by picking up a brick.

As a result of the assault, B sustained injuries requiring three weeks of medical treatment.

Investigations revealed that A became enraged after B accidentally canceled a song he had reserved while they were on the tour bus.

He committed the crime while the bus was briefly parked at the gas station to refuel.

The court stated, "The nature of the crime is not light, as the defendant caused injury to the victim using a dangerous object."

The court further explained the reasoning for the sentencing, adding, "However, we have determined the sentence by taking into account that the defendant has no prior criminal record and that the victim does not wish for the defendant to be punished."

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