Man who beat girlfriend with golf club for keeping ex's photos gets 4 years on appeal

A man in his 30s who assaulted his girlfriend for refusing to delete photos of a former partner received a stiffer sentence on appeal.

The First Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court's Chuncheon bench on Tuesday overturned a lower court's sentence of three years and six months and handed down four years in prison to the defendant, identified only as A, 30, who was indicted on charges of aggravated confinement causing injury, aggravated assault, unlawful confinement, assault and intimidation.

According to the indictment, A got into a dispute with his girlfriend, identified as B, in August last year after discovering she had been exchanging messages with another man.

A dragged B to his home, where he found photos she had taken with a former boyfriend. He told her he would not let her leave until she deleted all materials related to other men, then assaulted and confined her for four hours.

The violence continued after the two moved to a bar A had previously operated. A locked B in a boiler room, shoved her to the ground with a golf club and beat her with his fists and feet for about an hour until she lost consciousness.

After B regained consciousness, A refused her request to call emergency services and continued to abuse her while confining her for roughly 14 hours. B suffered serious injuries, including bruising across her entire body and an orbital fracture.

The trial court had sentenced A to three years and six months in prison, taking into account the severity of B's injuries and petitions calling for harsh punishment.

The appeals court accepted the prosecution's argument that the sentence was too lenient after additional findings showed that B had suffered permanent vision loss and was experiencing psychiatric conditions including traumatic neurosis, and increased the sentence to four years.

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