Kim Ho-jung, 2nd trial also sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison…
Trot singer Kim Ho-jung (33) has been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for a drunk driving hit-and-run accident. The Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Appeals Division 5-3 sentenced Kim, who was indicted on charges of dangerous driving causing injury, hit-and-run, and failure to take action after an accident under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Specific Crimes, to the same 2 years and 6 months imprisonment as the first trial. Kim was arrested for driving under the influence on May 9th last year at 11:44 p.m. on Apgujeong Road in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where he collided with a taxi after crossing the centerline while driving under the influence and then fled the scene, leaving his manager to take the blame. Despite initially denying drunk driving, Kim adm...