Appropriate sentence for the rebellious son who killed his father, broke into a safe to get money to buy drugs

Kill father, create fake crime scene

Although 5 months have passed, the incident of a son killing his own father still makes many people in Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district feel uneasy every time it is mentioned. According to the people, Mr. Luong Van Tr. and Mrs. QTT have 3 children together, Luong Van Tang is the youngest in the family. Due to difficult family circumstances, Tang dropped out of school after 7th grade to earn a living to help his parents.

In 2018, when he reached adulthood and was strong, Tang discussed with his parents to borrow money to go work abroad. After many years of actively working in Taiwan, Tang also saved some money. In 2021, Tang returned to his family. At this time, knowing that Tang had returned from abroad with money, bad friends in the area enticed this young man to use drugs and Tang became addicted without realizing it.

Luong Van Tang. Photo: Tran Vu

According to relatives, Mr. Luong Van Tr., Tang's father, has been an alcoholic for a long time. When sober, he is fine, but when drunk, he curses and breaks things in the house. Because of this, during their time together, father and son often had conflicts. However, no one in the family could have imagined that there would come a time when Tang would kill his father like that.

According to the case file, on the morning of April 26, 2022, Tang borrowed his mother's phone to use because his phone ran out of battery. However, he then pawned it for 500,000 VND and asked a friend to buy drugs to use. After using drugs, Tang went home to sleep. At 2:00 p.m. the same day, Tang woke up and saw his father drunk, lying on the chair cursing. Tang was angry and had the idea of ​​beating his father and breaking the safe to get money.

Thinking and doing, Tang went down to the kitchen to get a knife and an axe to slash Mr. Tr's chest. Being beaten by his son, the father threw the axe away and begged "don't, don't do that" but Tang still coldly pulled out a knife and stabbed his father many times. Seeing that his father had died, Tang created a fake suicide scene.

After killing his father, Tang used a crowbar to break into the safe and took nearly 24 million VND to buy drugs and spend on personal expenses. As for the axe used in the crime, Tang threw it into the Nam Mo River. At 7 p.m., Tang turned himself in to the police.

The pain of a wife and mother

On September 15, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a trial.Defendant Luong Van Tang(Born in 2000), residing in Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district, for the crimes of “Murder” and “Robbery”. The victim was the defendant’s father - Mr. Luong Van Tr.

Among the few relatives who traveled nearly 300 km to attend the trial, the most painful was Mrs. QTT. The woman who had just suffered the pain of losing her husband and now had to witness her son being imprisoned burst into tears many times in court every time the judge read her son's testimony.

Mrs. QTT (sitting in the middle) burst into tears many times in court every time the judge read her son's testimony. Photo: Tran Vu

According to Ms. QTT, in 2018, Tang went to work in Taiwan. Every time he called home, in addition to asking about the health of his parents and family members, Tang also said, "The money I send home, you can spend it on anything you need." Although father and son did not get along, and father was an alcoholic, always getting drunk and breaking things, Tang still loved his father very much...

Normally, Tang is very gentle, but I don’t understand why he could act like that. Tang already has a lover, the family has prepared pigs, chickens… just waiting for his sister in China to come back and then set a date for the wedding. However, they didn’t expect this to happen. The pain made this woman’s words interrupted. “It hurts so much, it hurts so much… I hope the jury will consider reducing the sentence so that my child can have a chance to return to her family soon,” Mrs. T. sobbed, unable to speak.

Severe sentence

At the trial, defendant Luong Van Tang confessed and admitted to his crime. Tang said he acted out of anger because his father often got drunk and cursed at his family. After the incident, Tang used his savings (70 million VND) to compensate the victim's representative. The defendant's mother and siblings, who are also the victim's representatives, asked for a reduced sentence for Tang.

In this case, the Trial Panel determined that the defendant Luong Van Tang’s murder was a hooligan act and therefore needed to be dealt with severely. However, it was also necessary to consider some mitigating circumstances for the defendant such as surrendering, repenting, voluntarily compensating for damages, and the victim had filed a petition for leniency for the defendant.

Luong Van Tang received a life sentence. Photo: Tran Vu

Considering the case as a whole, the Trial Panel sentenced Luong Van Tang to life in prison for “Murder” and 4 years in prison for “Robbery”. The total sentence that defendant Luong Van Tang must serve is life in prison.

When hearing the verdict, Mrs. T. could not contain her pain, ran to hug her son and cried. She told her son to try to take care of his health, to reform well so that he could soon have a chance to return to his family. For a mother, as long as her son has a chance to live, as long as he can correct his mistakes, there is still hope...