Nana, a former member of the girl group After School who had faced a counterclaim and even an attempted murder charge after a robber broke into her home, was completely cleared of the accusations after police decided not to indict her.
On the 16th, the Guri Police Station in Gyeonggi Province said it concluded there was no basis for charges against Nana, who had been booked on attempted murder and special injury charges, and decided not to refer the case for prosecution. The police judged that Nana's response at the time of the incident amounted to self-defense to protect her and her family's lives.
The incident occurred in the early morning of Nov. 15 last year. A man in his 30s, identified as A, broke into Nana's home in Acheon-dong, Guri, Gyeonggi Province, carrying a weapon, threatened Nana and her mother and demanded money and valuables.
A assaulted Nana's mother, who was in the living room, and when Nana woke from sleep after hearing the screams and struggled to stop him, A was reported to have injured his chin on the weapon he was carrying during the scuffle.
At the time, the police judged Nana's actions to be self-defense and sent only A to prosecutors on charges of robbery and special injury. However, A later filed a complaint from the detention center saying he had been injured by a weapon wielded by Nana, and Nana was formally booked as a suspect and questioned as part of the procedures.
Earlier on the 8th, Nana completed police questioning as a defendant, and her agency, Sublime, said at the time that the matter involved an inhuman crime that caused great mental suffering to Nana and her family and that it would take a firm stance against secondary harm caused by the perpetrator's separate complaint.
The agency also emphasized that the perpetrator, without remorse, was taking advantage of the fact that he was dealing with a celebrity to raise additional legal issues and that it was reviewing all civil and criminal legal measures.
After comprehensively reviewing the course of events, statements and the scene, the police ultimately judged that Nana's actions amounted to self-defense to protect her family in an emergency and decided not to refer the case for prosecution.
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