A lawyer accused of assaulting his wife at a bar has been acquitted after the victim expressed that she did not wish to pursue charges.
According to Yonhap News, on November 3, Judge Kim Dong-seok of the Daegu District Court dismissed the charges against the lawyer, identified as A.
A was charged with hitting his wife's cheek multiple times with his right hand and kicking her leg with his left leg at a bar in Daegu's Suseong District on March 28 at 9:28 a.m.
Investigations revealed that A acted out of anger after seeing his wife shouting in the bar's hallway.
Judge Kim stated, "After the charges were filed, the victim indicated that she did not wish to see the defendant punished," explaining the reason for the dismissal.
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