A man in his 60s who threatened an acquaintance who reported drunk driving was sentenced to 10 months in prison.

A man in his 60s was sentenced to prison for drunk driving and threatened several times an acquaintance who reported him after serving prison time.

According to the legal community on the 27th, the Changwon District Court's Criminal Division 2 (Chief Judge Kim Seong-hwan) sentenced Mr. A, in his 60s, to 10 months in prison, who was recently handed over to trial on charges of threatening retaliation under the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes.

On March 26, Mr. A was indicted on charges of threatening to harm his life and body by contacting an acquaintance in his 30s who reported his drunk driving to the investigative agency five times, saying, "I will kill you."

Mr. A was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison by the Changwon District Court in January last year for violating the Road Traffic Act (refusing to take a breathalyzer test) and was found to have committed this crime 4 days after his sentence ended on March 22.

The court pointed out, "The victim appears to have felt considerable mental pain and anxiety, so the guilt is heavy and there is a high possibility of blame," and "Although he has a history of being punished for numerous criminal offenses, especially violent crimes, he committed this crime again during the period of repeated offenses."

He then stated the reason for the sentencing, saying, "However, we comprehensively took into consideration the fact that he admitted to the crime and that it was not a crime committed by personally visiting and threatening him face-to-face."