Oh Jae-won (39), a former member of the national baseball team who is suspected of taking drugs, was also sentenced to prison in the second trial.
According to News 1 and Newsis, the Seoul High Court’s Criminal Department 7 (Chief Judge Lee Jae-kwon, Song Mi-kyung, and Kim Seul-ki) on the 20th dismissed all appeals by the prosecutor and the defendant in the appeal trial on charges of violating the law on the aggravated punishment of certain crimes (threat of retaliation, etc.) and sentenced them to two and a half years in the same prison as in the first trial. In addition, the court also ordered the completion of 80 hours of drug rehabilitation programs and a fine of 24 million won.
The appeals court dismissed both the defendant and the prosecution’s appeals, saying, “The original trial decided the sentence in consideration of both the normal and the unfavorable normal for the defendant, and it is difficult to say that there is a special change in circumstances that can change the sentencing after the judgment of the lower court.”
“Although the defendant came to this party and confessed to threats and assault for retaliatory purposes, provided money to the victim and provided an agreement, it is difficult to say that the original sentence is too heavy or light considering the seriousness of the crime, and the various sentencing conditions revealed during the pleading process,” he said.
Oh Jae-won was arrested and charged with administering methamphetamine 11 times a year from November 2022 and storing 0.4g of methamphetamine in a fire hydrant in the hallway of an acquaintance’s apartment in April last year.
Oh Jae-won is also accused of receiving 2,242 tablets of Stilnox tablets from nine acquaintances 89 times from January last year to March, and buying 20 tablets of Stilnox tablets by stealing their acquaintances’ names. Stilnox tablets are a type of sleeping pill. He was also accused of hitting his cell phone with a hammer and threatening to grab him by the collar to stop his acquaintance A, who was trying to report methamphetamine administration. 바카라사이트
Prosecutors asked the court to impose an additional 27.47 million won after demanding Oh Jae-won be sentenced to five years in prison in the final trial. In the end, the first trial sentenced Oh to two and a half years in prison in July. He also ordered an additional 24 million won and completed 80 hours of drug addiction rehabilitation programs. He was sentenced to one year in prison and two years of probation.
At the time, the first trial said, “The defendant committed the crime within months even though he was given a generous disposition of suspension of prosecution for a drug-like crime. There is also a large amount of drugs handled over a long period of time,” and pointed out, “The nature and method of crime are poor, such as mobilizing acquaintances.” He added, “When the investigation began, the crime situation was not good, such as forcing false statements to interfere with the initial investigation and threatening and assaulting to prevent A from turning himself in.”
In addition, the first trial said, “A’s statements are consistent and detailed in major areas. We judged that it was highly reliable in light of the circumstances of reporting Oh Jae-won immediately after the damage.”
Oh Jae-won has appealed after being sentenced to four months in prison and two years of probation in a trial that was additionally charged with receiving about 0.2 grams of methamphetamine from an acquaintance who is an entertainment company worker. In addition, he appealed after being sentenced to an additional year and a half in prison in the third additional trial for threatening his junior and receiving sleeping pills on behalf of him.
