A security guard charged with assault for restraining a woman who kicked him in the groin has been acquitted after CCTV footage supported his account.
According to legal officials on the 27th, the Changwon District Court’s Criminal Division 4, in a single-judge trial presided over by Judge Seok Dong-woo, found apartment security guard A, 30, not guilty of assault.
Prosecutors said A assaulted B, 39, by knocking her to the ground after she kicked him in the groin at about 1:40 p.m. on Sept. 16 last year at the back gate of an apartment complex in Uichang-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province.
The court heard that A had told B to remove all flyers she had posted and tried to stop her from leaving by holding her bag. B then punched A several times and kicked him in the groin, according to the account presented in court.
The judge said it was confirmed that A had been handling complaints related to the flyers and that he was assaulted by B, including being kicked in the groin, even after he held her bag to prevent her from leaving the scene.
The judge added that the CCTV video showed A supporting B as he brought her down so she would not be hurt by hitting the ground, then holding her down to calm her before releasing her.
“Taken together, these circumstances show A’s actions amounted to self-defense to ward off B’s assault, or a justified act that does not violate generally accepted social norms,” the court said in explaining the verdict.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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