Stars and Stripes Blotter Report
Is it just me or does the Stars and Stripes seem more like a blotter report anymore? First of all the beer bottle GI received his sentence in a Korean court:
A U.S. soldier who attacked a man with a beer bottle in July was sentenced to 2½ years in South Korean prison on Wednesday.
But chief judge Kim Byung-ju, of the Uijeongbu District Court, suspended the sentence for three years, warning Pfc. Anthony Walker Jr. not to be “involved in another crime.â€
As part of the ruling, the judge stated Walker showed remorse for the crime and paid a settlement to the victim, Cho Su-whan.
Walker paid Cho $15,000 in connection with the assault, both Cho and 2nd Infantry Division officials have said.
Now that is one expensive night out. $15,000 for being drunk and stupid.
Here is another sentenced handed down in the infamous False Marriage Proposal Case:
A married U.S. soldier accused of persuading his girlfriend to have sex in return for marriage was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in South Korean prison.
Amazingly the judge didn’t hand down any monetary compensation for the woman he promised to marry, especially when the woman had originally demanded millions from him.
Here are two more examples of GI’s tried in Korean courts yet I wouldn’t be surprised if the Korea Times ran another article claiming GI’s have never been tried in Korean courts.
