In a televised verdict, the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul found him guilty of ordering the dispatch of drones to North Korea several times in October 2024, about two months before his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law.
The move was apparently interpreted as an attempt to heighten military tensions with North Korea along the border, providing justification for the declaration of martial law.
Prosecutors had earlier sought a 10-year prison sentence for Yoon, and the court handed down the same sentence.
Yoon, who was ousted from the presidency on April 4 last year after the Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upheld his impeachment, was sentenced to life imprisonment last February on his main charges of insurrection and abuse of power but has also faced a string of separate trials related to the debacle.
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