Korean actor Yoo Ah In has appealed for leniency within the second trial for a drug case he’s embroiled in. The 38-year-old actor was arrested in court docket within the first trial and was sentenced to jail for one 12 months. He was additionally fined 2 million received. He has been accused of drug abuse and obstructing justice beneath Korea’s Narcotics Management Act. The court docket acknowledged his repeated drug procurement however acquitted him of marijuana use and proof tampering prices.
As per reviews from Korean media, he has appealed for leniency within the second trial. His lawyer argued that Yoo Ah In didn’t isolate the legislation maliciously through the use of loopholes in legal guidelines and laws, however he grew to become depending on sleep anaesthesia when he was already bodily and mentally struggling.
The actor’s lawyer additionally mentioned that the unique trial’s sentence is “too heavy and unfair.” The Felony Division 5 of the Seoul Excessive Court docket will maintain the second listening to on the nineteenth of November. In the meantime, the actor stays in custody as his detention interval has been prolonged. Yoo Ah In has been discovered responsible of illegally buying 1,100 sleeping drugs through the use of a special identification and smoking marijuana in the US. He’s additionally accused of trying to intimidate an confederate to destroy proof and alter testimony.
