Life sentence for the 'in prison, out of prison'
(Baonghean.vn) - After 3 times in prison, Sy continued to get into trouble with the law. Notably, this time Sy was arrested after just 6 months out of prison. For transporting drugs for hire to receive more than 5 million VND, Sy had to pay the price of a life sentence.
On March 15, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a criminal trial of defendant Nguyen Dinh Sy (born 1988), residing in Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong district, for the crime of ""Illegal transportation of drugs".
This is the fourth time Sy has appeared in court. Previously, the defendant had been sentenced to prison three times for theft, resisting law enforcement, and illegal drug trafficking.
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Defendant Nguyen Dinh Sy was sentenced to life in prison. Photo: Tran Vu |
After serving his 6-month prison sentence, Sy reoffended. According to the case file, on July 26, 2022, Sy was asked by a man named Tran Van Tai (residing in Vo Liet commune, Thanh Chuong district) to go to Da Cuc stream area, Thanh Thuy commune to "pick up goods". Tai promised to pay Sy from 5 to 7 million VND.
Early the next morning, Sy received Tai’s order to go get the “goods” so he took the bag of money that Tai had given him earlier. After many hours of waiting, Sy saw a man delivering a black bag of goods so he accepted it and brought it home.
At around 10am on July 29, on the way to deliver drugs to Tai, Sy was stopped by the police for a motorbike inspection. At this time, Sy abandoned his motorbike and ran up the acacia hill but was arrested by the police. Checking the inside of the plastic bag, the police discovered more than 1.1kg of drugs.
Based on Sy’s testimony, the police issued an emergency detention order for Tai. At the investigation agency, Tai admitted that he asked Sy to buy a golden turtle from a Laotian but was unsuccessful. Tai did not admit to hiring Sy to receive the drugs.
At the trial, defendant Sy did not admit to the crime. Defendant Sy said he only helped Tai “get the goods” and did not know what was inside. Only when he was caught red-handed did he realize it was drugs.
The panel of judges determined that although the defendant did not admit to committing the crime, based on the collected investigation documents, the crime scene investigation record... it affirmed that the prosecution of the defendant for the crime of illegal transportation of narcotics was the right person and the right crime.
In this case, the defendant has no mitigating circumstances. The defendant has an aggravating circumstance of recidivism, so the panel sentenced Nguyen Dinh Sy to life in prison for the crime of Illegally transporting narcotics.
