'Five instances of drunk driving' Son Seung-won, sentenced to four years in prison requested again in appeal trial... "Risk of reoffending" [Star Scene]

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The Prosecution Service requested the appellate court to sentence actor Son Seung-won, who received a prison term in the first trial on charges of drunk driving, to four years in prison, the same as the original sentencing recommendation.

On the 23rd, the Seoul Western District Court's First Criminal Division (Appeal) (B) held the first appeal trial for Son Seung-won on charges including violation of the Road Traffic Act (causing injury while fleeing under the Special Crimes Aggravated Punishment Act).

Previously, the Prosecution Service had requested a four-year prison term during the closing arguments, and the first-trial court sentenced Son Seung-won to one year in prison last month. The Prosecution Service then appealed, claiming the sentencing was inappropriate, leading to the current appeal proceedings.

On this day, the Prosecution Service conveyed its request for the appellate court to impose the same sentence as originally recommended.

The Prosecution Service stated, "Despite having a prior criminal record for the same offense, he committed another crime, and it is difficult to consider that he has shown remorse. We determined there was a risk of reoffending, which is why we appealed on grounds of sentencing impropriety."

Son Seung-won was arrested in flagrante delicto last November after driving the wrong way on Gangbyeon Boulevard for about two minutes while heavily intoxicated and was brought to trial in February this year. At the time, his blood alcohol concentration was reported to be 0.165%, more than double the license revocation threshold of 0.08%. Immediately after the incident, he falsely told police that a designated driver had abandoned the car and instructed his girlfriend to remove the blackbox storage device, among other attempts to destroy evidence.

This marks Son Seung-won's fifth time being caught for drunk driving. Previously, in 2018, he was prosecuted for drunk driving in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where he collided with a vehicle ahead and fled, receiving a one-year-and-six-month prison sentence. At that time, his license had already been revoked three times due to prior drunk driving offenses. Consequently, Son Seung-won became the first entertainer to be punished under what is commonly known as the "Yoon Chang-ho Law" (amended Special Crimes Aggravated Punishment Act and Road Traffic Act).

Meanwhile, the court announced it will deliver its verdict at 2:30 p.m. on August 13.

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