6 soldiers convicted in S. Korean court

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6 soldiers convicted in S. Korean court
By Hwang Hae-rym and T.D. Flack, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, January 5, 2007

SEOUL — Six U.S. soldiers were convicted — and one acquitted — of offenses in December in South Korean courts, according to U.S. and South Korean officials.

The soldiers’ names, units and charges for which they were tried were listed on the USFK Web site, which provided no other details of the offenses. Results of criminal prosecutions from the previous month are updated on the site — www.usfk.mil — at the beginning of each month.

Pfc. Joshua R. Avery and Pfc. Joseph S. Hathcox, both of the 702nd Main Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, were convicted Dec. 5 on charges of aggravated assault in Uijeongbu District Court.

Defense attorney Jin Hyo-geun said Thursday that the soldiers were accused of drunkenly attacking a South Korean man and threatening his girlfriend in Uijeongbu on July 14. Avery was given a 1.5 million won fine (about $1,600) and Hathcox was given eight months in confinement, suspended for two years, according to the Web site.

Jin said Hathcox paid a 500,000 won (about $540) settlement to the South Korean man and woman.


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