Jung Il-hoon, a BtoB native who was sentenced to The Judgment for Drug charges, was also sentenced to two years of Imprisonment at the Appeal. There are dozens of Letter of apologies submitted and the petitions of overseas fans are continuing, and attention is focused on the results of The Judgment trial whether the sentence can be reduced.
The third trial of the Appeal for the violation of the law on the management of the Drug and the violation of the law on the management of the Drug was held at the 13th Criminal Court of the Seoul High Court (Choi Soo-hwan, the chief judge) hearing on the afternoon of the 18th.
Jung Il-hoon is accused of remitting 130 million won and buying 826 grams of Hemp from July 5, 2016 to January 9, 2019, with a total of 161 conspirators. In this process, it was revealed that cryptocurrency was used.
In June, the first trial was The Judgment for two years of Imprisonment, a surcharge of 133 million won. Since then, Jung Il-hoon has Appealed for misleading related laws such as actual Hemp purchases and smoking and a surcharge. However, at the Appeal, Prosecution also asked Jung Il-hoon to keep the original core as much as possible by asking for the Imprisonment two years, a surcharge of 126.63 million won.
Jung Il-hoon has made his debut as a member of BtoB in 2012 and has been performing in entertainment. It was popular with hits such as 'I miss you', 'I can not do it without you', 'I am beautiful and sick'. Since then, he has been sent to Prosecution in August last year, when he was serving as a social worker. He was handed over to the trial in March and received the sentence in the first trial.
Jung Il-hoon was criticized by the public as it was known that he inhaled Hemp during the entertainment activity period, and he left BtoB on December 31 last year and temporarily suspended his entertainment life.
In the first trial, Jung Il-hoon is constantly Appealing for the prestige by emphasizing that he is repenting his mistakes by submitting Letter of apology. Jung Il-hoon's Letter of apology was reported to have a total of 87 cases until the Appeal resolution hearing. In addition, the petitions of domestic and foreign fans are continuing, and attention is focused on whether they will actually affect the sentence.