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The first court of first instance sentenced a taxi driver to two years in prison on charges of deliberate accident in an ambulance carrying an emergency patient. The family of the patient who died after being taken by ambulance in an accident expressed their regret.
On the 21st, Judge Lee Yoo-young, who was solely responsible for the third criminal act of the Seoul Eastern District Law, sentenced Choi Mo (31) to two years in prison on six charges, including fraud, attempted of blackmail, special assault, damage to special property, obstruction of business and violation of the Special Law on the Prevention of Insurance Frauds. . The court ruled that Choi was guilty of attempting to pay the insurance money against an ambulance, which is always in dire straits.
On June 8, Choi was brought to trial for intentionally striking an ambulance on a road near Godeok Station on Seoul Subway Line 5 for the purpose of paying for insurance. After the accident, Mr. Choi said, “Start handling the accident. If (the patient) dies, I will take responsibility ”. He stopped the ambulance for about 10 minutes. In a trial by decision on 23 last month, the prosecution asked for seven years in prison and said: “I showed an attitude that there was nothing wrong and I repeated the same kinds of techniques, like 11 times of violence and years of insurance fraud. .
Choi committed similar crimes several years ago. On July 8, 2017, after interfering with a private ambulance and deliberately beating it, he attempted to obtain insurance money by threatening the ambulance driver. Also, from 2015 to last year, he continued to receive insurance money through minor contact accidents.
The court ruled that Choi’s crime against an ambulance transporting emergency patients was poor and that the crime was serious. Judge Lee noted that “despite the fact that an emergency patient deliberately caused a contact accident with a private ambulance that can be boarded at all times and confirmed the patient’s boarding, the act of interfering with the transfer service deserves criticism from the light of danger. ” Still, he stated the reason for the sentence, saying: “However, the sentence was decided taking into account the fact that the defendant had mostly agreed with the victim’s insurance company and admitted the charges lately.” .
The incident provoked the resentment of public opinion, since it was known that the emergency patient who was in the ambulance at the time of the accident died five hours after being transferred late to the hospital. The causal link between Choi’s actions and the patient’s death was not included in the indictment. Judge Lee said: “There has been no prosecution on the causal relationship between the death of the patient in the ambulance and the act (of Mr. Choi).” “There was no prosecution for the patient as a victim, so this is beyond the scope of the court ruling. Not.”
The surviving family of the patient expressed regret at the results of the first trial. Lee Jeong-do, a lawyer for the surviving family, said, “I don’t think the trial reflects the deceased’s grief.” Kim Min-ho, a surviving family member, said, “I have never received an apology call from the other party.” On July 30, the patient’s surviving family sued the police on nine charges, including attempted murder. Lee said: “We are awaiting a response from the Korean Medical Association on the complaint” and “We plan to prove (causal link between the accident and the death of the patient) and hold the defendant responsible for the damages.”
Reporter Kang Bo-hyun [email protected]
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