52 months in prison for a person addicted to theft
(Baonghean.vn) - Seven years ago, Vo Van Nghia went to court and received a suspended sentence. Within just 10 days, Nghia committed 3 consecutive acts of theft and robbery, which became increasingly dangerous.
On the morning of October 10, Tan Ky District People's Court coordinated with Tan Ky District People's Procuracy to open a trial to review the criminal case against Vo Van Nghia, residing in Thai Son hamlet, Nghia Thai commune (Tan Ky) for robbery and theft.
At the trial, the prosecutor coordinated with the panel of judges to clarify the defendant's criminal behavior, aggravating and mitigating circumstances of criminal responsibility, and assess compliance with the law during the course of the case proceedings. Based on the results of the examination at the trial, the prosecutor gave his opinion on the indictment.
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| Vo Van Nghia at the trial. Photo: Phuong Hao |
Accordingly, between July 27 and August 7, 2018, Nghia committed 3 consecutive crimes in Tan Ky town.
At 8:00 a.m. on August 7, Nghia rode his motorbike from his house to town. When he arrived near the grocery store in Block 8, Nghia discovered a yellow mobile phone in the front compartment of Ms. Chu Thi H.’s Yamaha Novo motorbike, which was parked on the side of the road. Nghia put on a mask, stopped the motorbike, stole the phone, and then drove towards Nghia Hoan commune.
Ms. H discovered Nghia had stolen her phone, called out to the people to chase and arrest him, and also reported to the Tan Ky District Police to arrest him. At 10:15 a.m., the Tan Ky District Police task force arrested the subject, along with all the evidence of the case.
At the investigation agency, Nghia confessed to one more robbery and one previous theft and the evidence was two phones worth 5.8 million VND. In the valuation conclusion, the total value of the three phones that Nghia stole and robbed was 11.4 million VND.
It is known that after stealing and robbing 2 phones on July 27 and August 2, Nghia was preparing to get married. Exactly 3 days after getting married, he continued to commit a third theft.
Previously, in 2011, Nghia was sentenced to 9 months in prison with a suspended sentence by the Tan Ky District People's Court for theft. At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Vo Van Nghia to 52 months in prison.
After the end of the trial, the People's Procuracy of Tan Ky district held a meeting to evaluate the results of the trial and draw lessons for the Procurators in exercising the right to prosecute and supervise the trial at the trial, and invited the Trial Council of the case to attend.
