A person in their 20s who spread secretly taken nude photos of an ex-girlfriend after she ended their relationship has been sentenced to prison. The suspect also faced charges of purchasing sexual exploitation material involving minors.
Criminal Division 11 of the Uijeongbu District Court, presided over by Judge Yang Cheol-han, sentenced the suspect, identified only as A, to one year and six months in prison on charges including violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes (filming using cameras). The court also ordered A to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program and barred A from working at institutions related to children, adolescents and people with disabilities for five years each.
According to the charges, A dated a woman in her 20s, identified as B, for about four months in 2023, secretly photographing her nude on nine separate occasions and keeping the images.
After B ended the relationship, A sent the photos to an acquaintance via KakaoTalk, investigators found.
The investigation also revealed that in 2024, A purchased child and adolescent sexual exploitation material on three occasions through a smartphone chat application, including sending culture gift vouchers to a teenage girl identified as C in exchange for nude videos.
"Given the circumstances and methods of the defendant's crimes and the nature of the material filmed, the gravity of culpability is severe," the court said in its ruling. "Strict punishment is unavoidable, given that the defendant provided inducements for the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents and in some cases proposed sexual relations with victims."
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