Singer and actor Nana confronted the defendant in a robbery-and-injury case for the first time in court and showed anger.
On 21, the Namyangju branch of the Uijeongbu District Court’s 1st Criminal Division, presided over by Chief Judge Kim Guk-sik, held the third trial of a man identified as A, who has been indicted in custody on charges of robbery and injury.
Nana appeared as a witness. As she entered the courtroom, she addressed A, saying, “Is this fun?” She continued, “Is it fun to do something like a robbery and walk around like you want? Look me in the eye. Is it fun?” A did not avert his gaze.
The court told her it could not proceed smoothly if emotions ran high, and asked her to calm down. Nana replied, “I can’t not be upset.”
Testifying about the incident, Nana said she heard her mother groaning and a man breathing, and sensed danger as she went out carefully. “When I saw it, I was extremely worked up, and I thought I had to go quickly and separate my mom and that man,” she said.
She said she did not imagine there would be a knife and thought she had to take it away. “From the way he was acting, I thought that because he was holding a knife, he could do anything to my mom,” she said, indicating she acted in self-defense.
Nana said she resisted by grabbing the knife with both hands during the struggle. “When I swung it, he grabbed the blade with both hands. I was holding it with one hand, so I was very weak. I had no choice but to swing wherever I could see,” she said. “So I punched him in the face. He still wouldn’t let go of the knife. In the middle of that, my mom woke up and grabbed the knife too. The three of us struggled over it.”
She said she managed to make him release the hand holding the knife while wearing gloves, told her mother to put the knife away, and that the defendant was shaking. She said his neck was injured and bleeding from the knife she swung, and that he told her, “I was wrong, please spare me.” She said she thought she needed to calm him down.
She also testified that while trying to calm A, she mouthed to her mother to call 112.
Prosecutors say A broke into Nana’s home in Acheon-dong, Guri, Gyeonggi Province, with a weapon at about 6 p.m. on Nov. 15 last year.
Nana and her mother subdued him after a struggle, but Nana and her mother were injured in the process. A also claimed he was hurt while they restrained him and filed a complaint accusing Nana of attempted murder and aggravated assault.
Police concluded Nana’s actions were self-defense and decided not to forward the case, citing no suspicion. Nana then filed a complaint accusing A of making a false accusation.
A has acknowledged breaking into the home but claims he did not intend to commit robbery and did not have a weapon.
Nana and her mother had not wanted to face A, but the court sent additional witness summonses, leading them to take the stand.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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