Defendant shall be punished by a fine of KRW 300,000.

If the defendant does not pay the above fine, 50,000 won.

Punishment of the crime

1. 피고인은 2011. 7. 중순경 C에게 전화하여 “D 목사로 인해 처남과 처남댁(E)이 이혼하게 되었으며, 그 후에 D 목사와 처남댁이 부적절한 관계에 있다”라고 공연히 허위의 사실을 적시하여 피해자 D, E의 명예를 훼손하였다.

2. 피고인은 2011. 가을경 F에게 전화하여 "D 목사가 운영하는 G에서 일하던 E이라는 처남댁인 가정부인을 이혼하게 하고 부적절한 관계를 맺고 있으며, 그 가정을 파괴한 파렴치한이며, 전국에 수많은 여자들과 부적절한 관계를 가지는 부도덕한 목사이다"라고 허위의 사실을 적시하여 피해자 D, E의 명예를 훼손하였다.

Summary of Evidence

1. Each legal statement of witness D, E, F, and C;

1. Statement made to D by the police;

1. Application of the respective Acts and subordinate statutes of E, F and C;

1. Article 307 (2) of the Criminal Act concerning the facts constituting an offense;

1. Articles 40 and 50 of the Criminal Act of the Commercial Concurrent Crimes;

1. Selection of an alternative fine for punishment;

1. Of concurrent crimes, the former part of Article 37, Articles 38 (1) 2 and 50 of the Criminal Act;

1. Articles 70 and 69 (2) of the Criminal Act for the detention of a workhouse;

1. Determination as to the defendant and his defense counsel under Article 334(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act

1. The gist of the argument argues that although the defendant made a telephone call with C and F, there was no fact that he made a statement as stated in the facts constituting the crime in the judgment, and the defendant only talked with C and F only by telephone, and thus, it cannot be recognized as a public performance of defamation.

2. Determination

A. In full view of the evidence presented in the judgment whether the Defendant made a statement on the facts constituting the crime as indicated in the judgment, the Defendant’s assertion of the Defendant and the defense counsel is not accepted, since the Defendant sufficiently recognized the facts that the Defendant made a statement on the facts constituting the crime as indicated in the judgment of C and F.

B. Public performance, which is a constituent element of the crime of defamation of public performance, can be recognized by unspecified persons or many.