A foreign man in his 30s who covered his face and tied up his stepdaughter’s hands has been given a suspended prison sentence.
According to legal officials on the 21st, the Ulsan District Court’s Criminal Division 1 (Presiding Judge Bae On-sil) sentenced a Vietnamese national identified as A to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for violating the Child Welfare Act.
Prosecutors said A entered the bedroom of his 10-year-old stepdaughter, identified as B, at their home in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, in July last year. He concealed his face with a windbreaker and a neck warmer and wore work gloves.
While the girl was looking at her phone, A repeatedly wrapped her hands and head with clear tape. The child fled the house, believing she was being kidnapped.
The girl later suffered severe psychological shock and has been reported to fear being alone.
A told investigators he did it “as a prank to play with the child.”
The court said wrapping a 10-year-old girl’s body with clear tape “cannot be viewed as a prank.” It cited as mitigating factors that the tape was applied loosely enough for the victim to remove it herself, that A admitted wrongdoing, and that he is not meeting the victim.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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