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A South Korean appeals court has acquitted Oh Se-hoon in the second-instance ruling of his case, overturning the outcome of his first trial. The appellate decision was issued on October 23, 2026, according to the ruling document.
The second-instance court found in favor of Oh Se-hoon, delivering an acquittal after the original trial had reached a different result. With the appellate ruling now on record, the case moves to a new procedural stage under South Korea's three-instance trial system.
Under Korean court procedure, a second-instance acquittal opens the path for the prosecution to appeal to the Supreme Court. As of the ruling date, no further filings by either side have been confirmed, and details of the court's full reasoning remain to be published in the written judgment.
Beyond the outcome itself — an acquittal at the second-instance stage — the specific charges at issue and the appellate court's detailed reasoning have not been confirmed in the available materials. Readers should treat those specifics as unconfirmed until the full written decision is released.
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