An unlicensed judo instructor in Taichung has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment for causing the death of a boy attending his judo class in 2021, in the final ruling in the case.
A seven-year-old boy surnamed Huang (黃) attended the judo class of an unlicensed instructor surnamed Ho (何) on April 8, 2021, during which Ho slammed Huang to the ground more than a dozen times, continuing even after the child said he felt unwell and vomited.
Photo: Chang Wen-chuan, Taipei Times
Ho called an ambulance after Huang fell unconscious, and medical personnel later found that Huang suffered brain hemorrhaging. Huang was in a coma for 70 days before his parents removed him from life support, after his condition deteriorated.
Ho was sentenced to nine years in the first ruling in the case on June 29 last year, and the prosecutor filed an appeal, which was rejected by the Taiwan High Court this week on the grounds that the first ruling did not overlook evidence or exceed judicial discretion. The Supreme Court agreed with the Taiwan High Court, and said a second appeal would not be granted in the case.
Responding to the Taiwan High Court ruling, Huang’s mother said she “could not accept the court’s decision,” and that she would “suffer with the loss of her son for the rest of her life.”
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