Man throws girlfriend into sea, breaks her spine, then disappears (Korea)

A man who threw his girlfriend into the sea, breaking her spine, was sentenced to prison. According to JTBC's "Case Leader" on the 25th, on July 18 last year, a woman in her 20s, A, and her boyfriend, Defendant B, were in a car accident in Gyeongnam (Gyeongnam-do)
) They went to Geoje beach. Defendant B's friend and his girlfriend, a total of four people, stayed at the beach drinking and playing until dawn.
At that time, A refused Defendant B's suggestion that "we're at the beach, so let's get in the water," but B
The defendant suddenly grabbed A's arms and legs and pulled her into the sea while talking to her friend. According to A, the defendant made a "bet" with his friend that he would throw his girlfriend into the sea.
Ms. A said, "(Defendant B) threw me into the sea, and (I felt) something hit my back." She added, "My lovers kept telling me to get up, but I couldn't get up."
"I felt like I shouldn't have gotten in. I felt like my back was broken," he said. The water depth at the beach that A's side confirmed was shallow, not even knee-high, while B's was above waist-high.
In the end, A was taken to the hospital by ambulance personnel who responded to the call, and was diagnosed with three broken vertebrae and a 14-week recovery period.
When the ambulance staff asked, "Did you get hurt?", Ms. A replied, "I fell," out of fear that her parents would be worried. After that, Ms. A told Defendant B, "You have to undergo a major operation.
"I need someone to come, so can you come?" Defendant B said he would come, but he stopped contacting me and disappeared. In addition, about six days after the surgery, Defendant B posted on social media
After seeing the photos taken by a couple who were friends on a trip to Cheju Island, he decided to file charges against them for assault and battery. During the police investigation, defendant B and the other three denied that they had done anything like that.
However, he was put on trial through supplementary investigations by the prosecution, and he ended up facing the judge in court 10 months after the incident.
Defendant B stated in court, "At the time, my girlfriend (Ms. A) was drunk and her memory was distorted, so the fact that she threw the body into the sea was
Defendant B's friend couple, who appeared as witnesses, also argued, "There is no truth to the fact that he dragged the victim into the sea despite her refusal. Rather, the drunk victim tried to get into the sea.
"I was playing at the spot where the victim fell, but suddenly the victim started screaming, and when I went to check on her, she was lying there complaining of pain, and the assailant was next to her," he said in a statement.
However, the testimony of the nurse who was in the emergency room when Mr. A was taken to the hospital played a decisive role.
In the emergency room, the nurse asked A, "Did you really fall?" A replied, "Actually, my boyfriend threw me, but my boyfriend..."
"She said she fell to protect her boyfriend." The nurse who remembered this testimony was presented to the court. The first trial court found Defendant B unable to explain the circumstances of why his girlfriend was injured.
He also pointed out, "Despite his girlfriend being seriously injured, the defendant has not only shown no remorse, but has also cut off contact with her and even made false statements to criticize the victim. The situation after the crime is extremely bad."
He was sentenced to one year in prison and detained in court. Both sides have appealed the decision. A said, "I will not compromise even in the civil lawsuit," and "I am currently unable to work."