Four Days After Release, He Said "I Got Out of Prison" and Stalked Again... Man in His 60s Sent Back to Prison

A man in his 60s who threatened the owner of a neighborhood grocery store just four days after being released from prison, where he had served time for stalking and other crimes, has been sentenced to prison again. He was accused of repeatedly visiting the store and causing a disturbance for more than a month, ignoring police warnings and measures to keep him separate from the victim.

On October 31, Judge Park Donguk of the Chuncheon District Court’s Criminal Division 3, a single-judge panel, sentenced A, 67, to one year in prison for violating the Act on Punishment of Stalking Crimes and ordered him to complete 40 hours of a stalking treatment program.

According to the indictment, A visited a grocery store in Chuncheon in June and said to its owner, B, "Aren't you going to greet me? I got out of prison." When B went inside the store and locked the door, A became angry, kicked the door, and threatened B.

At the time, A had been out of prison for only four days after serving a three-year sentence for special extortion and stalking.

Police responding to a report warned A not to visit the victim again. However, more than a month later, A returned to the store and confronted B, asking, "Do you have a problem with me?" After another report, police took measures to keep A separate from the victim.

A's harassment continued in August, shortly after he was questioned by police. He returned to the store and threatened B, shouting, "Let's see how far this goes" and "I had to pay a fine and be questioned because of you. I won't let this go."

The court imposed a prison sentence, considering that A repeatedly committed stalking offenses soon after his release and the victim's emotional distress.

Judge Park explained the sentence, saying, "A began stalking the victim just four days after being released from prison, and the victim appears to have suffered considerable emotional distress. He has neither made amends for the harm nor received the victim's forgiveness."

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