‘Drug suspect’ Oh Jae-won to be sentenced in first trial today (26th)…prosecution seeks ‘5 years in prison’
The results of the first trial of former baseball player Oh Jae-won are out today.
On the 26th, the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 28 (Deputy Chief Judge Han Dae-gyun) will hold a sentencing date for Oh, who is accused of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Serious Crimes (threatening retaliation, etc.).
Oh, a former member of the Doosan Bears, is accused of injecting meth on 11 occasions from November 2022 to November last year and storing about 0.4 grams of meth in a fire hydrant in the hallway of an acquaintance’s apartment in April last year.
He was also accused of assaulting and intimidating Ms. A, who was also accused of taking the drug, in retaliation for her attempt to report the drug to the police, by smashing her cell phone and grabbing her by the throat.
At the hearing on Nov. 19, prosecutors asked Oh to serve five years in prison and pay a fine of 24.74 million won. Oh confessed to the charges, admitting to taking methamphetamine, but denied the charges of threatening and retaliatory assault on Ahn.
Oh’s defense attorney said, “As for the drug-related part, he confessed to the psychotropic drug part. Regarding retaliatory assaults, he made many unreliable statements in court,” said the defense attorney.
“After November 2023, he did not take methamphetamine. There is an aspect that he relied on other drugs to weaken his addiction while cutting down on methamphetamine, but the methamphetamine ammunition is clearly confirmed in the indictment,” he said, adding, “Please include this point in your sentencing.”
In his closing argument, Oh Jae-won also said, “I sincerely apologize for causing trouble and ask for forgiveness, and I am reflecting on it every day.” “Although there are some parts that are different from the facts, I think it all happened because I fell into the wrong path,” he continued, “I vowed to never touch drugs again, and I will never depend on drugs to gnaw at myself again. I will live the rest of my life with a heart of atonement and service.”
Oh is a former professional baseball player who played for the Doosan Bears for 16 years from 2007 to 2022. He played in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, 2015 WBSC Premier12, and 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC). 바카라사이트 추천