Invading a junior high school to eat lunch ”to meet the teacher” = Korea

A group of teenage boys who entered a junior high school they had no connection to without permission to eat school lunches were given prison sentences on appeal.
According to the Korean legal profession on the 26th, the Suwon High Court 1st Criminal Division (High Law
Judge Shin Hyun-il of the Supreme Court decided to sentence Mr. A (20) and Mr. B (17), who were indicted on charges of violating the law on the punishment of violent acts (trespassing in a shared residence), to six months in prison with two months of probation, as per the original ruling.
The two men were sentenced to 12 months in prison and four months in prison, suspended for two years, respectively. On May 23, 2023, at around 12:45 pm, they entered a junior high school in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, with their students
A and B were indicted on charges of entering the school without permission together with their acquaintance, Mr. C (22), a graduate of the school, in order to eat school lunches. At Mr. C's suggestion, Mr. A and Mr. B entered the school and moved to the school cafeteria.
They received their school lunches. When they entered through the back gate, no one stopped them, and the school gate was unlocked. Once inside the school, they took the elevator to the cafeteria on the second floor, where they received their lunches.
The teacher at the entrance to the cafeteria became suspicious and approached them, telling them to leave, but the defendants continued eating. A teacher in charge of safety who witnessed this said, "If you don't leave immediately, you won't be allowed to leave.
When the students were told that they would be informed of the incident, they stopped eating and were eventually chased out of the school gates by the teachers. The students claimed in court that they had entered the school because they wanted to see their teacher.
He also added that, "I entered and left the school with the permission of the school guards," and "There was no situation where the students were disturbed." However, the 11th Criminal Division of the Suwon District Court (Chief Judge
On August 30th of last year, Shin JIN WOO issued a statement to defendants A and B, who were indicted on charges of violating the law on the punishment of violent acts (trespassing in a shared residence),
The prison sentence was suspended. The court determined that the defendants' purpose in breaking into the school was to "eat the school lunch," and that this was "an act against the will of the school administrators." This is because,
The school in question had detailed procedures in place to restrict the entry of outsiders, such as installing surveillance cameras and requiring students to wear entrance passes to the guard room.
Furthermore, according to the court, Mr. A was not a graduate of the school and had no prior contact with the teacher he was planning to meet.
The teacher was not working at the school at the time. B and C could not even identify the name of the teacher they were trying to meet. They only went to and from the school during lunch time, and C was not able to identify the teacher during the investigation.
"I didn't have money to eat out, so I thought I'd eat while meeting my teacher," he said, explaining why he had eaten the school lunch.
The court explained the reason for dismissing the appeal, saying, "There was no illegality involved." In addition to the trespassing of the residence, Mr. C, who was indicted as an accomplice, was also indicted on charges of indecent assault and theft.
In the first instance, he was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program. Mr. C, who was appealed separately from Mr. A, received a final sentence in a separate criminal case at the end of last year and was subsequently sentenced to two years in prison.
At the second hearing in February of this year, he was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to complete 40 hours of a sexual assault treatment program.