Defending his slapped girlfriend, the guy stabbed a karaoke customer to death.

On June 8, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance criminal trial of defendant Nguyen Duy Tuan (born 1982), residing in Hamlet 34, Nghi Kim Commune, Vinh City, for the crime of "Murder".

According to investigation documents, at about 10:00 p.m. on November 21, 2020, at the karaoke Club (in Nghi An commune, Vinh city), Mr. Pham Ngoc Th. (born in 1991, residing in Nghi Kim commune, Vinh city) was singing karaoke when the incident happened.conflictwith the restaurant employee, Ms. Pham Thi H. (born in 1995, from Ha Nam province). Mr. Th. used his hand to hit Ms. H., so this girl called to tell Nguyen Duy Tuan about the incident.

Hearing his girlfriend crying for help, Tuan left his drinking party and drove to the karaoke bar. Before entering the bar, Tuan put a pocket knife in his pocket and went to the lobby in front of the cashier.

Defendant Nguyen Duy Tuan was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder. Photo: Tran Vu

Here, Tuan met Th. and asked, "Who hit H?" but Th. did not say anything. Seeing his girlfriend crying, Tuan continued to ask, "Who hit?" H. replied, "That guy hit me, the guy you just asked about."

At this time, Tuan turned to ask Mr. Th. “Why do you hit a woman?” “What does it have to do with you?” Mr. Th. replied. Tuan said “that’s my friend” and at the same time pulled out a knife and stabbed Mr. Th. in the thigh. After being stabbed, the victim ran away but was still stabbed by Tuan again in the back, causing Mr. Th. to collapse.

The victim was taken to the hospital for emergency treatment but died. The cause of death was determined to be respiratory failure, acute circulatory failure due to a puncture wound to the lung and a severed left femoral artery.

As for the perpetrator, after committing the crime, he drove to Hanoi and threw the knife down a bridge. At 2:00 a.m. on November 23, 2020, Nguyen Duy Tuan went to the police to surrender and report his crime.

At the trial, the defendant admitted to stabbing the victim. Explaining his actions, the defendant said that he was drunk that day and could not control his actions. In the presence of the victim's representative, the defendant apologized.

After a comprehensive review of the case, the panel sentenced Nguyen Duy Tuan to 20 years in prison for murder. In terms of civil matters, the court ordered the defendant to compensate the victim’s family 210 million VND.