Man was sentenced to four months in prison for threatening gas station employees with a hammer when he asked about his own oil drum

Unhappy with being asked "Why did you bring your own oil drum?", the man threatened the gas station employee with a hammer. The picture shows Miaoli Diyuan. (File photo)

When a man surnamed Chen took a ride to a gas station in Miaoli County to refuel, he was dissatisfied with the gas station employee who asked why he brought his own oil drum for refueling according to regulations. He lost control of his emotions and took out a hammer from the passenger seat to threaten the employee. After a recent hearing, the judge of the Miaoli District Court sentenced Chen Nan to 4 months in prison, with an optional fine, for the crime of intimidation and endangering safety.

The verdict pointed out that in February this year, Chen took a car driven by a friend to a gas station in Miaoli County. Chen took his own oil barrel and prepared to fill it with gasoline. At that time, the employee on duty asked him about the purpose and reason for filling the oil barrel with his own. Unexpectedly, Chen returned to the passenger seat, took out a hammer, and swung it at the gas station employee.

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During the process, when Chen Nan closed the car door, he accidentally knocked over the oil drum filled with gasoline placed next to the door, and put the gasoline into empty plastic bottles, causing the gasoline to overflow to the gas station floor and leak. Upon seeing this, the gas station personnel called the police. After the police reviewed the scene monitor footage, they followed the clues and arrested Chen Nan.

The judge of the Miaoli District Court considered that Chen did not want to communicate in a peaceful and rational manner. He threatened the gas station employee with a hammer just because he asked the gas station employee in accordance with the regulations. He lacked the ability to self-emotional management and the concept of the rule of law. Considering that he had confessed to the crime but had not yet reached a settlement or compensation with the victim, taking into account his criminal motives, unemployment and other intellectual life conditions, he was sentenced to 4 months in prison and a fine. The entire case remains open to appeal.