A robber accused of breaking into the home of After School alumnus actress Nana, demanding money and threatening with a weapon denied most of the charges against him at his first trial, and Nana and her mother were selected as witnesses.
On the 20th, the Uijeongbu District Court Namyangju Branch Criminal Division 1 (Director General Kim Guk-sik) held the first hearing for A, who was detained and indicted on charges of robbery causing injury.
A is accused of, at 5:38 a.m. on Nov. 15 last year, breaking into Nana's house in Acheon-dong, Guri, Gyeonggi Province, armed with a weapon, threatening Nana and her daughter and demanding money, but being subdued by Nana and her daughter, leaving the crime as an attempted offense.
At the time, the police judged Nana's actions to be self-defense and sent only A to detention on charges of robbery and special injury. A submitted a complaint from the detention center saying 'I was injured by Nana with a weapon,' but the Guri Police Station in Gyeonggi reviewed Nana, who had been booked on attempted murder and special injury charges, and decided not to prosecute for lack of evidence.
At the first hearing, prosecutors said, "A broke into Nana's house carrying a weapon, threatened Nana and her daughter and injured them in the process of demanding money," explaining the indictment. A's side countered, "We admit entering Nana's house but it was for simple theft, not robbery for money, and we did not strangle Nana's mother. We did not assault the victims and were unilaterally beaten by Nana," they said.
A's side also argued, "The 33-day healing injury that Nana suffered is not defensive marks inflicted by the defendant but marks of an assailant," and requested, "Please request the National Forensic Service to examine whether the defendant's fingerprints are on the weapon and the weapon case held as evidence."
A said, "Being in financial difficulty, I searched online and learned that many wealthy people, including entertainers, live in Acheon-dong, so I committed the crime, but I did not bring a weapon. I did not strangle Nana's mother; startled, she screamed and pushed, and I held her by the shoulder from the side to calm her, and later, when Nana had calmed down, Nana suddenly ran out and swung a weapon, and I then struggled with Nana, but it appeared as though I was resisting," he claimed.
Meanwhile, the court selected Nana and her mother as witnesses to confirm the circumstances of the case. The next hearing is scheduled for March 10 in the same courtroom.
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