A woman who visited her estranged daughter or sent her hundreds of text messages has been given a suspended sentence.
According to legal circles, on the 14th, Judge Seol Seung-won of Daejeon District Court Criminal Division 1 handed down a sentence of 6 months in prison with a 2-year suspended sentence to Ms. A, a woman in her 50s who was referred to trial on charges of violating the law on punishment for stalking crimes. The judge also ordered her to attend a 40-hour stalking crime prevention lecture.
Ms. A is accused of sending 306 text messages and making 111 phone calls to her daughter, Ms. B, in her 20s, who refused to contact her from December 10, 2021, to May 30 of last year.
Initially, Ms. A sent messages with content such as “Mom’s clothes are too small, try them on,” “Read the Bible,” and “Go sleep at that house at night.” However, when her daughter didn’t respond, she sent messages containing phrases like “Are you a prostitute?” “Did you have sexual relations with another man? You should have an abortion,” “Let’s get plastic surgery,” “Give back everything I’ve given you from when you were a baby until now before calling the police,” and “Open the door immediately before I call.”
Ms. B blocked Ms. A and didn’t respond, but Ms. A didn’t stop there and attempted to approach her daughter on 8 occasions or wait outside her house.
As a result of these repeated offenses, Ms. B eventually applied for a restraining order. On June 24 last year, Ms. A received a restraining order that prohibited her from approaching within 100 meters of Ms. B and her residence for 2 months and a prohibition on using communication devices such as mobile phones to contact her. However, it was revealed that Ms. A ignored these orders and revisited Ms. B’s house, ringing the bell or knocking.
The judge stated, “Although the victim must have experienced significant mental distress, the defendant shows no remorse and only asserts her position.” The judge also mentioned, “Considering that this is not a case of direct threats and taking into account the fact that the defendant is a first-time offender,”
By. Choi Ran (ran@inews24.com)
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