High school coach sentenced to fine for hitting student at athletic club and sexually harassing mother...South Korea

A high school athletic club coach who assaulted his student and sexually harassed his mother was sentenced to a fine on appeal.
On the 27th, the Gwangju High Court of South Korea decided on the punishment of child abuse crimes.
It was revealed that the appeal by defendant A (55) and the prosecutor, who were brought to trial on suspicion of violating the special law, was dismissed, and the fine remained at 15 million won (approximately 1.66 million yen), the same as the first trial.
Defendant A is suspected of assaulting Student B, who was active in the athletic club at a high school in Gwangju, in January last year. Accused A is a friend of Student B's socks.
He assaulted students several times for reasons such as playing a prank on him. In May, while eating with his parents at a restaurant in Gwangju, he called Student B's mother outside on the pretext of counseling.
He then sexually harassed her by touching her on the lower back twice. Regarding defendant A's actions, the National Rights and Interests Commission's ``Kokumin Shinbun Drum'' (When you experience inconvenience or unfair treatment in your daily life)
After a petition was received through an online portal for citizens to express their opinions on the state, the Gwangju City Office of Education began an investigation, removed Suspect A from his duties, and took disciplinary procedures.
Prior to this, the court of first instance ruled that ``Defendant A, who is responsible for reporting child abuse crimes, sexually harassed Student B by hitting him during the course of teaching him and consulting with the victim's guardian.''
``The nature of the crime is not good,'' and ``Although defendant A appears to have had considerable influence on their admission to university, he targeted the victims who were in a relatively poor position.''
The appellate court stated, ``The defendant was not forgiven by the victims and did not make sufficient efforts to recover from the damage caused.''
Considering the fact that the sentence was not extremely serious compared to the case, the lower court's sentence was justified.''