Life sentence for ex-wife killer

Jealous husband tried to kill his wife with a knife but failed.

On March 7, Hanoi Court brought Ha Quang Thang (born 1988, residing in Phuc Tho district, Hanoi) to trial for murder.

According to the indictment, Thang and To Thi Dau (born 1993, residing in Phuc Tho, Hanoi) had two children together. Due to irreconcilable marital conflicts, the couple divorced in July 2016. Dau took her children to live with her mother.

Thang said that because his wife had changed and did not want to mend their relationship, he used a knife to kill her.

At noon in late August 2016, Thang came to pick up his child to go home to play, and also met his ex-wife to talk about mending their relationship but was rejected.

Early that afternoon, he went to the market to buy a knife and returned to his wife's house to discuss mending their relationship, but to no avail. So Thang took a knife and stabbed his ex-wife three times, causing her to die from the stab wound to the chest.

Thang then took a knife and attempted to commit suicide but failed. Immediately after the incident, Thang was taken to the police station by his family to surrender.

In court, Thang stated that the marital conflict started when Ms. Dau went to work as a factory worker, and a disagreement suddenly arose between the two. Thang also expressed jealousy when he thought he discovered his wife texting a stranger.

Considering the circumstances of the case, the Hanoi Court sentenced defendant Ha Quang Thang to life in prison.

According to VOV