A 20-year-old man who sexually harassed a junior at work and caused mental illness receives suspended sentence in South Korea

A man in his 20s who sexually harassed a junior colleague at work and caused him to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been sentenced to suspended prison sentence.
According to the legal community, on the 17th, the Seoul Southern District Court held defendant A (29
) was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, suspended for 3 years. Defendant A went to a karaoke in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul at around 6pm on February 20th, and at around 9:20pm on the same day.
The case was brought to court on suspicion of engaging in an indecent act of indecency against Mr. B, a junior colleague at work, in front of an office hotel near Oke.
Mr. B's lawyer stated in court, ``After one month of the incident, defendant A
We asked the perpetrator if he wanted to file a complaint, and by the time the victim filed a complaint, he turned himself in.''They later tried to reach an agreement and made criminal depositions, but their authenticity is questionable as they were all done with the goal of reducing the sentence.'' .
The prosecutor's office asked for a five-year prison sentence, saying, ``We would like defendant A to take into consideration the serious psychological damage caused to the victim by his crime.''
The court stated, ``The defendant committed the crime against the victim, who relied on him as her boss at the victim's workplace.''
The defendant suffered from PTSD and petitioned for harsher punishment for the defendant." However, it appears that defendant A committed the crime somewhat accidentally, and that he has admitted to the crime and reflected on it, and that the company where he worked with the victim
It was judged that the circumstances were advantageous in that he retired from the company.