Drunkards who flouted public authority were fined or sentenced to probation.

Drunkards who flouted public authority were fined or sentenced to probation.

(Chuncheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Young-seo = People who kicked the face of a police officer who woke them up while lying on the street while drunk, refused to take a breathalyzer test, or swore at drunken police officers and behaved abusively were brought to justice one after another.

According to the legal community on the 3rd, Chief Judge Jeong Jong-gun of Criminal Division 1 of the Chuncheon District Court sentenced Mr. A (59), who was indicted on charges of obstruction of official duties, to six months in prison and one year of probation.

Mr. A was lying on the street under the influence of alcohol in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si around midnight on May 16th when a police officer from the district unit who responded to the report woke him up by shaking his leg, and he became angry and kicked his face.

The court also sentenced B (56), who was indicted on charges of refusing a breathalyzer test, to one year and four months in prison and three years of probation.

Mr. B was asked to take a breathalyzer test by a police officer who responded to a report of a traffic accident at a hot spring parking lot in Chuncheon on the morning of February 20, but he refused, saying, "I just came out of a hot spring, so why should I comply?"

At the time, Mr. B smelled of alcohol, his pronunciation was incorrect, and even his gait was unsteady, but he did not respond to the measurement for about 25 minutes.

A man in his 20s was also punished for swearing at a police officer and acting rudely after being caught in a drunk driving crackdown.

The court sentenced C (27), who was indicted on charges of drunk driving and obstruction of official duties under the Road Traffic Act, to a fine of 10 million won.

Mr. C was caught driving his car about 2 meters with a blood alcohol content of 0.160% in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Hongcheon-gun on the night of May 20th.

He blocked the police officers who were returning from a drunk driving crackdown and assaulted them by pushing them in the chest while swearing, "Where are you going?"

The court took into account the fact that all of these defendants admitted to the crime as an advantage, but ruled that the sentence was determined by taking into account the guilt of the crime of disregarding public power or obstructing the legitimate execution of public duties.