A 30-year-old man who committed sexual violence 15 years ago was indicted and sentenced to prison just before the statute of limitations expired in South Korea.

In South Korea, two men who committed sexual assault when they were teenagers went to court just before the statute of limitations expired and were sentenced to prison terms. According to the legal community on the 2nd, the 11th Criminal Panel of the Seoul Southern District Court is investigating sexual violence crimes.
Defendants A (32) and B (31), who were charged with violating the Act on Punishment and Victim Protection (Special Nonconsensual Sexual Intercourse), were each sentenced to two years and six months in prison and four years of suspended sentence. Also,
He was also ordered to attend a 40-hour sexual assault treatment program. Defendants A and B, who were friends, committed an incident in a room in Anyang City in July 2008 when they were 17 and 16 years old, respectively.
He is accused of forcibly having sex with the victim (who was 15 years old at the time), whom he met through an internet chat, while they were drinking together.
During the investigation, both defendants denied committing the crime, but they only admitted to the charges after they were indicted.
The court stated, ``The crime appears to have caused the victim a great deal of sexual shame and psychological shock at a young age, and this has a negative impact on the victim's healthy sexual values and identity formation.''
It appears that he caused a stir," he said. However, ``the defendants settled the case by paying the victim 50 million won (approximately 5.63 million yen), and the victim did not want to be punished, and 15 years have passed since the incident occurred.
The defendant is now living as an ordinary member of society,'' the statement said, explaining the reason for the sentencing. Prior to this, the investigation began in 2009 when the victim was hospitalized for a long time after a traffic accident.
The case was suspended after that, but resumed last year, and prosecutors brought defendants A and B to trial in July of last year, just before the statute of limitations expired. In 2008, the statute of limitations for rape was 10 years, but in 2017,
The Criminal Procedure Act has been revised, and the statute of limitations has been extended to 15 years.