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Conclusion after two days of public participation test
A news reporter Lee Sang-ho accused of defaming Seo Hae-soon, the wife of the late singer Kim Gwang-seok, moves to court to attend a public participation trial held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 12. Yunhap news
Lee Sang-ho (52) charged reporter Lee Sang-ho (52), who was brought to trial for spreading false facts that the late singer Kim Gwang-seok (32 years old at the time of his death) was murdered by his wife , Seo Hae-soon (55), in the first trial held in a public participation trial. He was found innocent
The 22nd Criminal Settlement Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Director Chul-Hang Yang) sentenced this innocent reporter to this reporter, who was charged with defamation and insult around 1 am on the 14th. The seven jurors They unanimously expressed their innocence for all the accusations of this reporter, including defamations and insults.
This reporter went to trial on accusations of defamation of Seo’s reputation (timely defamation due to false facts) by spreading false facts such as that Seo murdered Kim Gwang-seok and his daughter Seo-yeon through a 2017 movie. ” “ Kim Gwang-seok ” and a press conference. Delivered. The prosecution also filed charges of insulting Mr. Seo, referring to him as “Choi Soon-sil” and “Diablo”. Seo won the final victory in a lawsuit for damages against Lee in May. At that time, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling that “Lee Gi-Seo will be reimbursed 100 million won.”
False information from reporter Lee Sang-ho (claimed by the prosecution)
| 1. The victim killed her husband, Kim Gwang-seok, or is one of the main suspects. |
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| 2. The victim killed her daughter Seo-yeon Kim, or was abandoned and murdered. |
| 3. The victim gave birth and killed a baby when she was 9 months pregnant. |
| 4. The video of the victim’s interview was found to be false during a lie detector investigation. |
| 5. The victim stole the copyright (of Kim Kwang-seok) from her in-laws through threats and rants. |
Two days of trial for public participation … Seo witness newspaper
The trial was conducted over two days as a public participation trial. In August, the judge said that “the difficulty of the evidentiary investigation and the circumstances that the victims do not want a citizen participation trial are factors that make them doubt”, but “as a result of the review, it is not impossible to proceed with the citizen participation trial, and the case itself is judged by the people. ” He has a good personality, ”he said, accepting the request for this reporter’s public participation trial.
The court also proceeded with the trial for two consecutive days, taking into account the characteristics of the case. The participatory public trial generally ends one day before sentencing, but there are cases where the investigation of evidence takes more than two days. In this trial, the investigation of the evidence by the prosecution, including the screening of a short version of the movie “ Kim Kwang-seok, ” took place over two days, during which the prosecution presented and explained the evidence to eight members of the jury.
Singer Kim Gwang-seok’s wife, Seo Hae-soon, will enter the Seoul Police Agency in Jongno-gu, Seoul on October 12, 2017 to be investigated as a defendant. Earlier, Kim Gwang-bok’s biological brother, Kim Gwang-bok, said: ‘When Seo’s daughter Seo-yeon was seriously ill with acute pneumonia, she made her death by delaying report 119 and ended the copyright lawsuit while hiding her daughter’s death. Accused of indictment. Yunhap news
The prosecution filed the ruling in the earlier civil lawsuit the day before, arguing that “this reporter used an expression that definitely gave the impression that Seo was the alleged killer, beyond the usual and reasonable level of suspicion against Kim Gwang’s death. -seok “. “Seo was branded a murderer due to Lee’s Facebook, etc.” He said, “You must never mass-produce such victims again,” and asked Lee to sentence him to 1 year and 6 months.
On the other hand, the lawyer stated: “This reporter used expressions such as ‘doubt’ and ‘suspicion’, and that the purpose of this reporter’s complaint is to urge a new investigation. Then he asked: “Is it possible that the interrogation was defamatory?” And he insisted that there was no intention to defame this reporter. Reporter Lee also said in the defendant’s newspaper, “In a purely personal opinion, I believe that Mr. Seo did not help or assist Kim Gwang-seok’s suicide, but he never emphasized his personal thoughts before others.”
In his final defense, he said: “If I have to become a criminal just because I asked in the name of national suspicion, I don’t have the confidence to intervene when someone on the jury here reports: ‘This happened in my family.’ It’s embarrassing, but innocence is necessary so as not to be very frustrated. “
Seo also decided to attend on the 12th and receive a witness newspaper, but on the 11th, he did not attend with a letter of reasons for not showing up. They are known to have conveyed their intention that care is difficult for health reasons such as panic disorder. The judge called Seo one more time the day before, but in the end, he didn’t show up.
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