Prison sentence for wife who poisoned husband with rat poison

(Baonghean.vn)- On September 24, the Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial to try Dau Thi Hue (born 1988), residing in Nghi Cong Nam commune, Nghi Loc, for murder.

Defendant Dau Thi Hueconfess his crime

According to the indictment, due to many irreconcilable conflicts, Mr. Phan Truong Phi - Hue's husband requested a divorce. On March 24, 2015, Mr. Phi returned home from the South to complete divorce procedures. On the morning of March 26, Hue had the intention of killing her husband, so she bought two packages of rat poison and hid them at home. At about 4 p.m. the same day, while Mr. Phi was cooking pig intestines, Hue secretly put a package of rat poison in the pot. Seeing that Hue's mental state was not normal, Mr. Phi questioned her. At first, Hue said she did not know, but later admitted to putting rat poison in the pot of food. When Mr. Phi went to report to the police, Hue used a motorbike to escape. Three days later, Hue returned to apologize to her husband and then turned herself in at the investigation agency, confessing that she put rat poison in the pot to commit suicide, not with the intention of killing her husband.

The results of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine's examination showed that the poison found in the sample seized from Mr. Phi's pot contained zinc phoshid. This is a poison that can be fatal to humans and animals.

At the trial, Dau Thi Hue admitted her crime and asked for forgiveness from her family and husband. After a comprehensive review of the case, the panel of judges found the defendant repentant and had not committed the crime, so they sentenced Dau Thi Hue to 4 years in prison./.

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