Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/11
By: Central News Agency
Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) A taxi driver, who was convicted by a district court of drugging
Taxi driver sentenced to 7 years and 4 months for raping South Korean tourist. (By Central News Agency)
three women from South Korea and sexually assaulting one of them, on Thursday received a sentence of seven years and 4 months in his appeal of the case in the Taiwan High Court.
In its ruling, the high court overturned the Shilin District Court’s conviction of Chan Yu-ju on the charge of drugging the three women but upheld the guilty verdict on the sexual assault charge.
It means that his total prison time has been reduced from a combined 11 years handed down by the district court for the drugging and sexual assault charges.
However, the high court increased the sentence against the taxi driver for sexual assault from four years and six months to seven years and four months, saying that his actions constituted forced sexual intercourse, rather than just indecent assault as the district court had determined. [FULL STORY]
