Roster, 'Attempted Murder' Gang's Sentence Reduction Sparks Outrage: "They're Playing Bingo in Their Cell… Apparently They Have No Sense of Guilt"

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Gaming YouTuber Roster revealed his feelings about the fact that the sentences for the gang who kidnapped, assaulted, and attempted to kill him were reduced by half at the appellate trial.

On the 27th, immediately after news of the sentence reduction in the appellate trial broke, Roster conducted a live broadcast through his "Forest" channel.

Roster said, "They scammed me out of my 200 million won and then brazenly deposited 10 million won as compensation with that money. Do I have to accept it? My damages haven't been recovered yet, and neither has my property. They still haven't returned the 200th million won they took from me, so should I be happy just because they deposited 10 million won?"

He expressed his frustration, stating, "I made it clear that I would not accept it. Apparently, this helped reduce their sentence as an effort to recover damages." He continued, "My lawyer even said to me, 'Normally, in a situation like this, you should try to get the punishment reduced by even a little, but they haven't done any of that.'"

Roster also shared information from a tip regarding the perpetrators' life in prison. He revealed, "According to the tip, they are the head of their cell and are playing bingo and Mafia games while taking very good care of their own people. They don't have any sense of guilt either."

Previously, around 10:40 p.m. on October 26 of last year, Roster was kidnapped by a man in his 20s and a man in his 30s in an underground parking lot of an apartment complex in Incheon Songdo International City and subjected to indiscriminate assault. At the time, Roster sustained serious injuries from the assault.

Mr. A and Mr. B put Roster in a vehicle at the time and moved him to a cemetery parking lot in Geumsan-gun, Chungnam Province, about 200 kilometers away, but were arrested on the scene by police who responded to a report.

Mr. A and Mr. B were indicted on charges of forcibly kidnapping Roster into a car and striking him multiple times with a blunt object. Mr. C was indicted in absentia on charges of providing vehicles and other criminal tools to them.

In this context, on the 27th, the Criminal Division 1 (Presiding Judge Jeong Seung-gyu) of the Incheon Branch Court of the Seoul High Court overturned the original verdict in the appellate trial for Mr. A (26) and Mr. B (33), who were indicted in absentia on charges including attempted robbery-murder, and sentenced them to 15 years and 12 years in prison, respectively.

Their sentences were cut in half. Previously, the first-instance court had sentenced Mr. A to 30 years in prison and Mr. B to 25 years.

Mr. C (37), who was indicted alongside them on charges including aiding aggravated assault by robbery, also had his sentence reduced from 5 years to 2 years at the appellate trial.

The court stated regarding the principal offenders, Mr. A and Mr. B, that "there does not appear to have been a definite intent to kill, and no result of infringement on life actually occurred," and determined that "the original sentence was somewhat heavy compared to the crimes committed." The court also considered in sentencing the fact that the defendants' families had consistently visited them and pledged to live together after their release, as well as the assessment that the risk of reoffending was at an intermediate or low level.

Although Mr. A did not receive forgiveness from the victim and the victim pleaded for severe punishment, his status as a first-time offender and his growth environment were taken into consideration. For Mr. B, efforts to recover damages, such as additionally depositing 10 million won at the appellate trial, were considered.

Regarding Mr. C, it was determined that he did not accompany the others to the crime scene, and it is difficult to assume that he expected the other defendants to attempt to kill the victim or attack parts of the body that would pose a serious danger to life.

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