A man surnamed Qiu from Taoyuan City failed to pursue a female friend. He broke into his residence, secretly filmed her in the shower, sent private images and harassing messages, and even drove his car into the woman and her friend twice at high speed, injuring three people. In the first instance, the Taoyuan District Court sentenced him for four crimes including attempted murder and stalking, among which the fine was ordered to be executed for ten months. After the case was appealed, the High Court considered that Qiu Nan had fully reconciled and paid compensation to the three victims, and revoked the first-instance sentencing, and changed the fine to be executed in July, but maintained the confiscation of the vehicle involved in the crime; only the attempted murder part can be appealed.
The verdict pointed out that Qiu Nan and the woman were friends, but their pursuit failed. On August 4, 2025, he broke into the woman's house while the door was unlocked. On a day before the 19th of the same month, he secretly photographed the woman's chest and lower body with his mobile phone while she was taking a shower. In private parts, Qiu Nan then sent messages such as "Your video is really leaked", "Recognize your own body", "I fucking love you so much that you can't tell" through LINE, and even secretly filmed images, causing fear in the woman's heart.
On the evening of the 23rd of the same month, after a quarrel between Qiu and the woman, he drove along Nanjing Road in Pingzhen District, Taoyuan City. He found that the woman was riding a friend's motorcycle, crossed the direction restriction line, turned around, and collided head-on at high speed, causing the two to fall to the ground.
Qiu Nan did not stop after hitting someone, and turned around again, crashing into the woman, the rider and another man standing next to the motorcycle from behind. The vehicle did not stop until it hit a telephone pole, injuring three people. Among them, the rider on the motorcycle had a fractured right femur. Fortunately, none of them were life-threatening.
Qiu Nan admitted the crime and confessed that the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He originally wanted to hit the person, but found that the person fell to the ground and still failed to achieve his goal, so he turned around and hit him again. The defender argued that Qiu Nan suffered from depression and adjustment disorder, and his ability to control the crime was significantly reduced when committing the crime. He requested a reduced sentence, but the psychiatric evaluation found that the statutory reduction was not reached.
The Taoyuan District Court considered that Qiu Nan committed the crime with dangerous methods and seriously infringed on the rights of the victims and public safety. However, considering that he confessed to the crime, had no previous convictions, and had reconciled with one of the victims, he was sentenced separately for the four crimes. He was ordered to pay a fine of 10 months and confiscate the vehicle and mobile phone used to take photos of the crime.
After the case was appealed, the prosecutor believed that the sentence was too light. Qiu Nan claimed that during the second trial, he had reconciled with the other two victims, paid compensation, and gained the woman's understanding. The High Court believed that the basis of sentencing had changed, revoked the punishment part of the first instance, re-sentenced, and changed the fine part to be implemented in July.
As for Qiu Nan's request to be exempted from confiscation on the grounds that the vehicle still had a loan and needed to be used for transportation, the High Court held that the vehicle had become an attack tool for attempted murder and the confiscation was not excessive, and rejected this part of the appeal.
