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Busan man gets suspended sentence for threatening responding police with knife
A court in Busan, South Korea, sentenced a man in his 40s for threatening two police officers with a knife.
The officers went to his home on Jan.
19 after a suicide-prevention counselor reported that he had said he would take sleeping pills and die.
When police asked him to open the door, he shouted at them and threatened to kill himself.
He then held a knife to his neck and swung it at the officers who tried to stop him.
The court gave him six months in prison, suspended for two years, meaning he will not serve that term unless the suspension is revoked.
The judge said his previous convictions for violent and related offenses made the incident especially serious, but also took into account that he appeared to have acted impulsively after police arrived unexpectedly.
The court did not state what happens next.
A Busan court sentenced a man in his 40s to six months in prison, suspended for two years, for threatening responding police officers with a knife.
The incident took place at his home in Busanjin-gu on January 19.
A suicide prevention center counselor called police after the man said he would take sleeping pills and die.
The judge said the man had previous convictions and that his actions could have caused a serious accident.
The court also considered that he appeared to have acted impulsively after officers arrived unexpectedly.
- Who
- A man in his 40s and two police officers from Busanjin Police Station's Yangjeong patrol division.
- What
- The man threatened the officers with a knife. He received a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.
- When
- The incident happened on January 19 at about 7:15 p.m.; the court announced the sentence on October 13.
- Where
- The man's home in Busanjin-gu, Busan.
- Why
- A suicide prevention center counselor called police after the man said he would take sleeping pills and die.
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A counselor reported the man's statement about taking sleeping pills and dying, and two officers went to his home.
The man brought a knife from the kitchen, threatened himself and swung it at officers trying to restrain him.
Busan District Court sentenced him to six months in prison, suspended for two years.
- Sentence
- Six months in prison, suspended for two years
- Incident location
- Busanjin-gu, Busan
- Incident time
- January 19, about 7:15 p.m.
- Police officers
- Two officers from Busanjin Police Station's Yangjeong patrol division
- Charge
- Obstruction of official duties involving an aggravated assault weapon
What people are saying
It is recognized that the defendant was told by the police officers why they had come, but opened the front door and immediately swung a knife.
Although he had been punished for special assault, special threats and obstruction of official duties, he committed the crime again with a knife, which could have led to a serious accident.
It was taken into favorable consideration that he appears to have acted impulsively out of surprise when police officers suddenly came to his home after a report from a suicide prevention center counselor.
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