▲ Cho Doo-soon leaving a court hearing in March 2024
Cho Doo-soon, who was brought to trial on charges of violating nighttime curfew orders by leaving his residence without authorization and damaging his electronic monitoring device (electronic anklet), has been sentenced to prison and ordered to undergo medical treatment in his second trial as well.
The Suwon High Court's Criminal Division 1 (Presiding Judge Shin Hyun-il) dismissed the appeals filed by both the prosecution and the defendant today (June 17), upholding the original ruling.
The first trial sentenced Cho to eight months in prison and ordered medical treatment.
The appellate court stated the reason for dismissing the appeals, saying, "The grounds for appeal raised by both the prosecution and the defendant were sufficiently considered by the lower court when determining the sentence, and it is difficult to see any change in circumstances that would warrant a modification of the sentence after the original ruling."
Cho is accused of violating his "after-school hours curfew order" four times between late March and early June of last year by leaving his residence in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province.
Cho's curfew hours include the morning and afternoon school commute times from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., as well as nighttime hours from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the following day.
In addition to violating the curfew regulations, he is also charged with intentionally damaging his location-tracking electronic device inside his home.
Cho, who served a 12-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an elementary school student in 2008, was released in December 2020. He also served a three-month prison sentence in December 2023 for violating a nighttime curfew order.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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