Three women who fought with fish sauce and chili powder were sentenced.
Suspecting Ms. Le of having an affair, three women called each other to strip her naked and pour fish sauce and chili on her, causing 6% damage to her health.
On the afternoon of March 25, at the first instance trial, the Thanh Hoa City People's Court sentenced Nguyen Thi Hoa (36 years old), Nguyen Thi Linh (27 years old) and Pham Thi Thuy Dung (28 years old) to 18 months, 15 months and 12 months of non-custodial reform, respectively. The court ordered the defendants to compensate the victim 30 million VND.
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Spa owner stripped and humiliated on the street. Photo:Lam Son. |
The verdict determined that on the evening of June 12, 2018, Hoa and Linh saw Ms. Le (29 years old, owner of a spa) getting her hair done on Cao Thang Street (Lam Son Ward, Thanh Hoa City). Both suspected Ms. Le of having an improper relationship with Hoa's brother-in-law (who is also Linh's uncle), so they waited to meet and talk.
At this time, Thuy Dung called Linh and invited her to go out. Linh immediately told Dung to go to 79 Cao Thang to wait for work to be done before leaving. After that, Dung went to the place where she had met Linh and went to buy some water.
At around 8:30 p.m. the same day, Ms. Le came out of the store. Hoa ran over, cursing Giang for having an affair and stealing someone else's husband, while grabbing her hair and dragging her out into the middle of the street. Linh scratched Ms. Le's face, took off her pants, and tore her shirt. At the same time, Dung, who had come back from buying water, saw what was happening and ran over to wrestle with the victim.
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Three defendants at the first instance trial. Photo:Lam Son. |
After stripping the victim’s clothes, Hoa took a can of fish sauce and poured it all over her. Linh then used a bag of chili powder to pour it on her. After finishing, the three of them left her lying on the street.
Ms. Le was taken into the house by the shampoo shop staff to wash off the dirt and then reported to the police. At the hospital, she was determined to have 6% health damage.
The court held that the defendants’ actions directly violated the honor, dignity, life, and health of others. The incident also caused disorder and had a negative impact on society, so the defendants were given severe sentences.
* The victim's name has been changed
