[Exclusive] Woman in Her Twenties Booked for Violating Domestic Violence Restraining Order and Threatening with Weapon

Violation of Temporary Court Order and Charges of Special Intimidation

A woman in her 20s was apprehended by police after violating a court-issued restraining order and breaking into the home of a man with whom she was in a common-law relationship, threatening him with a weapon.

On June 29, the Yangcheon Police Station in Seoul announced that it had booked a woman in her 20s, referred to as Ms. A, without detention on charges including special intimidation and violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Domestic Violence.

Yangcheon Police Station, Seoul. Photo by Jiye Lee

According to police, at around 3 p.m. the previous day, Ms. A entered the victim's residence in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul without permission and threatened him with a weapon.

Ms. A and the victim were reportedly in a common-law relationship. Although Ms. A had received a temporary court order prohibiting her from approaching the victim's residence, she violated this order by visiting the victim’s home. Such temporary orders are intended to prevent repeat offenses by separating the suspect from the victim’s residence or prohibiting approach within 100 meters.

On the day of the incident, police responded after receiving emergency calls from neighbors reporting, "We hear shouting and objects being broken," and "Someone is screaming for the police to be called." Officers arrived at the scene and arrested Ms. A in the act.

Police attempted to take Ms. A into custody in accordance with their policy of seeking arrest warrants for high-risk relationship crime offenders within a week, but the prosecution rejected the request. Police are continuing to investigate the details of the crime.

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