Prison sentences for 13 gamblers who were drunk on dice after a death anniversary

(Baonghean.vn) - After finishing the funeral, 13 gamblers were engrossed in gambling in their house when they were caught red-handed by Tan Ky District Police.

On August 22, Tan Ky District People's Court opened a trial for a gambling case against 13 defendants residing in Nghia Thai Commune, Tan Ky District. Many of them had previous convictions for gambling and theft.

13 defendants at the trial. Photo: Phuong Hao

According to the indictment, at around 12:00 noon on May 18, 2017, after finishing the death anniversary meal at Tran Van Tuan's house (Bich Thai 2 hamlet, Nghia Thai commune, Tan Ky district), Duong Minh Binh, Dang Minh Cuong, Nguyen Xuan Vuong, Nguyen Van Tan and Hoang Van Nam all went to Tuan's guest house to gamble.

When entering the house, he saw a set of bowls, plates, 4 dice and a mat spread out on the floor on the table. Dang Minh Cuong told Duong Minh Binh to hold the bowls, plates and 4 dice and sit down on the mat to shake (holding the table), while Cuong stood up to weigh the money (weighing the table).

At this time, Nguyen Van Tan took out a board and sat down as the "chairman" and the whole group gambled by shaking the dice, betting on even or odd or placing money on the boxes on the board with the bet amount per game ranging from 50,000 VND to 1,000,000 VND.

A while later, Nguyen Duc Trung, Nguyen Van Nhu, Vu Van Tan, Tran Van Huong, Nguyen Dinh Thong, Cao Dinh Xo, and Tran Van Chin arrived and joined the gambling. At 2:30 p.m. the same day, while the subjects were gambling, they were caught red-handed by Tan Ky District Police.

The investigation proved that 13 subjects participated in gambling with the amount of money used for gambling purposes being 39,850,000 VND.

At the investigation agency, the defendants all admitted their crimes and their statements were consistent with the witness statements, as well as with other documents and evidence collected in the case file.

At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Tran Van Chin, Nguyen Duc Trung, and Nguyen Dinh Thong to 6 months in prison; and Nguyen Van Nhu to 9 months in prison.

The remaining defendants, including Dang Minh Cuong, Duong Minh Binh, Nguyen Xuan Vuong, Nguyen Van Tan, Hoang Van Nam, Vu Van Tan, Cao Dinh Xo and Tran Van Huong, were sentenced to a total of 56 months of suspended imprisonment.

Phuong Hao