30 months in prison for man who stabbed a series of billiards players
(Baonghean.vn) - On March 22, Tan Ky District People's Court tried three cases of gambling and intentional injury.
* Accordingly, at 6:00 p.m. on October 13, 2016, after a drinking party at Mr. Thu's house in Hung Son hamlet, Phu Son commune, Tan Ky district, Nguyen Viet Tuan (born in 1993) went to Mr. Tinh's shop in Bac Son hamlet in the same commune to play billiards.
Here, after some back and forth, Tuan caused a conflict with a group of people playing billiards, including Nguyen Van Nhan, Ho Sy Su, Ho Sy Bang, Vo Hong Nhu, and Dang Van Chuong, all of whom lived in the same commune as Tuan.
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Defendant Nguyen Viet Tuan. |
At around 9pm, Tuan hit Bang with a billiard cue, breaking it in half and the handle hitting Tuan's face, causing him to bleed.
Tuan pulled out a knife, making Bang panic and run out into the street. Ho Sy Su tried to stop him, but Tuan slashed Su's face and left arm, and also slashed Pham Van Khoa, but Khoa ran away.
Tuan continued to slash Nguyen Van Nhan, hitting his left arm.After the subjects were slashed and ran away, Tuan aggressively took a knife and rode his motorbike to find Su. Everyone quickly took the victims to the commune health station for first aid and transferred them to a higher level for treatment.
On October 20, 2016, Ho Sy Su and Nguyen Van Nhan sent a request for disability assessment and a request to initiate a case to the Tan Ky District Police Investigation Agency.
The conclusion of the forensic examination No. 281, 282/TTPY dated October 21, 2016 of the Nghe An Provincial Forensic Center concluded: The health damage caused by the injury that Tuan caused to Su was 14% and caused to Nhan was 11%.
At the Investigation Agency, Tuan confessed to all of his crimes in accordance with the evidence collected in the case file. Tuan's actions constituted the crime of intentional infliction of injury as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 104 of the Penal Code.
Tuan compensated Mr. Su 37,620,000 VND and compensated Mr. Nhan 21,400,000 VND.
The People's Court sentenced Nguyen Viet Tuan to 30 months in prison, suspended for 5 years.
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Defendants Nguyen Thanh Tuan and Pham Anh Hieu. |
* Tan Ky District People's Court tried two more cases of gambling in Dien Nam hamlet, Ky Tan commune, catching 6 subjects red-handed organizing gambling with the amount of money used for gambling being 1,050,000 VND, in which Nguyen Thanh Tuan (born in 1968) is a subject with a previous conviction for gambling, was sentenced by Tan Ky District People's Court to 15 months of non-custodial reform, but as of December 8, 2016, Tuan's criminal record has not been cleared.
The gambling case in Tan Thanh hamlet, Nghia Thai commune caught 15 gamblers, including Pham Anh Hieu (born in 1981) with 2 previous convictions for gambling; Tan Ky district People's Court forced him to serve two sentences of 20 months in prison. Hieu completed his sentence on April 29, 2014 but his criminal record has not been cleared.
According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 248 of the Penal Code, the People's Court sentenced Nguyen Thanh Tuan and Pham Anh Hieu each to 4 months in prison.
As for the subjects who participated in gambling but did not have enough elements to constitute a crime to prosecute criminal responsibility, Tan Ky District Police issued a decision to impose administrative penalties./.
Phuong Hao