A burglar broke into a fried chicken restaurant overnight, fried some chicken, grabbed a beer, and left without taking anything else. Three days later, the bizarre incident repeated itself. When police caught the culprit, they discovered it was a former staff member, returning for a late-night snack.
This case, which took place in Sejong in August last year, gained media attention this week, after a court sentenced the culprit to six months in jail, suspended for one year.
The Daejeon District Court on Wednesday found the defendant, a man in his 40s, guilty of compound larceny, defined in the Article 330 of the Criminal Act as stealing another person's property by trespassing at night.
The defendant is accused of stealing two fried chickens and alcohol worth about 84,000 won ($57.6) in total. He said he knew how to fry the chicken because he had worked there in the past.
The maximum penalty for the crime is 10 years, but the court said it gave a lighter punishment since the amount stolen was very small and the victim did not want the defendant to be punished.
