A 64-year-old man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for shooting a woman in the face with a gas gun after she rejected his advances.
According to Yonhap News, the Incheon District Court's Judge Hwang Yoon-cheol sentenced the man, identified as A, to one year in prison, suspended for two years, and ordered him to complete 120 hours of community service. He was charged with violating laws related to the safety management of firearms and special assault.
A was accused of firing the gas gun eight times at the back of a woman, identified as B, in a store in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, around 11 p.m. on January 27.
At the time, A had just met B in the store and had asked for physical contact. When B refused and informed the store owner, A carried out the attack.
Investigators found that A had previously purchased the gas gun from an online shopping mall.
Judge Hwang stated, "The defendant has not received forgiveness from the victim and has a history of multiple offenses of a different nature," but noted that he had no prior convictions for similar crimes and that the injuries inflicted on the victim were not severe.
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