5 and a half years in prison for fugitive of 19 years
(Baonghean.vn) - After chasing and injuring a person, Thu fled and was wanted. After 19 years, Thu was arrested while living in Ninh Hoa town, Khanh Hoa province.
On the morning of September 30, 2020, Tan Ky District People's Court tried the criminal case against Truong Van Thu (born in 1976) and Truong Van Chien (born in 1983), both residing in Keo hamlet, Nghia Phuc commune, Tan Ky district, for the crime of "Intentional injury".
According to the indictment, on the night of August 4, 2001, Truong Van Thu and Truong Van Chien, both living in the same neighborhood, went to Truong Van Ngoc's house to help with the wedding. Chien was then sent to call someone to butcher the pig.
On the way back, Chien met Truong Van Lam, who lived in the same hamlet. The two of them passed by the alley of Nguyen Van Du's house in Keo hamlet, Nghia Phuc commune, and saw Nguyen Van Luong (born in 1977), who lived in Da Son hamlet, Nghia Phuc commune, and Truong Thi Thuy (born in 1976) sitting and talking. Chien and Lam tried to eavesdrop but were discovered by Luong and chased away.
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| Defendant Truong Van Thu. Photo: Phuong Hao |
After being chased away, Chien went to Mr. Ngoc's house and told Thu about being chased away by Mr. Luong. Hearing that, Thu went into the house and called Truong Van Binh (born in 1977), Mr. Ngoc's son. Then Thu, Binh, and Chien went to find Mr. Luong to beat him up.
At around 11pm that same day, all three entered Thu's house to get weapons. Binh took a shovel, Chien took a 1.2 meter long stick, and Thu took a wire lock and together they went to Mr. Du's alley.
When he saw Mr. Luong and Ms. Thuy still sitting and talking, Binh took a shovel and hit Mr. Luong on the left hip, so Mr. Luong ran away and tripped. Seeing that, Thu, Binh, and Chien rushed in and continuously hit Mr. Luong. Mr. Luong got up and ran into Mr. Du's family kitchen.
Seeing Mr. Luong running away, Binh chased him into the kitchen and continued to hit him with a shovel. Mr. Du woke up and turned on the light, so Binh ran outside and went home with Thu and Chien. Mr. Luong was taken to the Nghe An General Hospital for emergency treatment.
After injuring Mr. Luong, Thu fled the area due to fear of being arrested. On July 23, 2020, Thu was arrested by the PC 02 Department of Nghe An Provincial Police in coordination with Ninh Hoa Town Police, Khanh Hoa Province according to the decisionwanted
Forensic examination conclusion on injuries No. 186/TTPY, dated October 4, 2001 of Nghe An Province Forensic Center concluded: The total disability rate of Mr. Nguyen Van Luong is 55%.
At the investigation agency, Truong Van Thu confessed to all of his crimes consistent with the documents and evidence collected in the case file.
After the incident, Truong Van Thu, Truong Van Binh, and Truong Van Chien pressured the family to compensate Nguyen Van Luong for all health damages in the amount of 4,000,000 VND. Up to now, Mr. Luong has not requested anything more.
In this case, Truong Van Chien and Truong Van Binh were tried by the People's Court of Nghe An province on March 18, 2002 for the crime of "Intentionally causing injury", in which Chien was sentenced to 42 months in prison, and Binh was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Truong Van Thu to 5 years and 6 months in prison.
