”Determined to have been due to drinking,” Kim Ho-Jun's 130-page letter of apology goes unheeded... Second trial also results in 2 years and 6 months in prison

Singer Kim Ho-Jun, who is on trial for fleeing the scene of a drunk driving accident, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison in the appeal court.
On the 25th, the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Appeals Division 5-3 ruled that a defendant who violated the law on aggravated punishment of specific crimes (dangerous driving causing injury)
The court dismissed all appeals by both the prosecutors and the defendants on the day of the incident, stating, "The amount of alcohol consumed by the defendants on the day of the incident was considerable.
"It appears that the accident was caused by something like a cell phone, and it cannot be said that the accident was caused by simple operation of a cell phone. It is believed that the accident occurred when the driver's attention and judgment were significantly impaired due to the influence of alcohol."
The court also said, "The crime was of a bad nature, and the circumstances after the crime, such as fleeing the scene after the accident, were not good," and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison, the same as in the first trial.
The fact that the defendant was a first-time offender and did not have any serious negligence was taken into consideration. Kim Ho-jun was found drunk driving on a road in Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on May 9 last year.
He then caused an accident with a taxi in the oncoming lane and fled the scene, and is currently on trial. He is also accused of making his manager falsely surrender. At the time, Kim Ho-Jun turned himself in to the police 17 hours after the accident.
Kim Ho-jun submitted 100 pages of apology just before the second hearing of the appeal court last month, and continued to write 34 pages of apology until the day of the sentencing.
It was reported that a statement of apology was added.