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 yr. He was additionally fined 2 million gained. 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 fees.
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 regulation 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 Legal Division 5 of the Seoul Excessive Courtroom 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 capsules through the use of a distinct id and smoking marijuana in the US. He’s additionally accused of making an attempt to intimidate an confederate to destroy proof and alter testimony.
