Being surrounded and beaten for no reason, a young man stabbed one person to death

Nghe An Provincial People's Court has just opened a trial of defendant Le Van Dung (born 1998), residing in Hanh Dich commune, Que Phong district, for the crime of "Murder".

The defendants: Ha Van Dong (born 1993), Lu Van Dat (born 1993), Vi Van Nghia (born 2004), Luong Van Hai (born 2000), all residing in Kim Son town, Que Phong district, were prosecuted for the crime of“Disturbing public order”. In addition, Hai was also tried for “Illegal possession of narcotics”.

According to the indictment, on the evening of December 31, 2022, Dung and a group of friends drank alcohol at the end of the year. After that, the group went to town to drink milk tea. When they arrived at a grocery store in Kim Son town, Dung met an acquaintance and stopped to talk.

At this time, in front of the grocery store, there was a group of young men including: Ha Van Dong, Lu Van Dat, Luong Van Hai, Vi Van Nghia and Mr. Luong Van B. (born in 2002) sitting drinking and singing together.

While drinking, Dong saw Dung talking to his girlfriend and became jealous, so he went up to Dung and said, “Are you teasing my girlfriend?” Dung replied that they were friends and had known each other for a long time, and insisted that he was not teasing her. At the same time, he said, “If I did anything wrong, please forgive me,” then got on his motorbike and was about to leave, but Dong stopped him.

Dong kicked Dung in the head but the young man avoided it. At this time, Dong's group of friends including Dat, Nghia, Hai and B. also rushed in to chase and beat Dung.

Angry because he was chased and beaten by many people for no reason, Dung took a switchblade and stabbed B. in the chest and back, and once hit Hai in the stomach. As a result, B. died at the hospital, Hai suffered 3% body damage.

After committing the crime, Dung ran away for a while and threw the knife in the field. Early the next morning, Dung went to the police station to surrender.

During the period of being banned from leaving his place of residence, Luong Van Hai, due to his addiction, went to Tri Le commune, Que Phong district on the afternoon of March 3 to buy more than 29 grams of drugs (worth 2.8 million VND) for use. After that, Hai bought 2 cabbages, dug a hole to hide the drugs in, but was caught red-handed by the police.

At the trial, the defendants all admitted to their crimes. Dung said he did not intend to kill anyone. Because of a misunderstanding and being chased and beaten by a group of strange young men, the defendant was angry, leading to his crime.

The defendants charged with "Disturbing public order" claimed to have no conflict with Dung but participated in the chase and beating, causing insecurity, disorder, and social safety.

Prosecuted for "Illegal possession of drugs", defendant Hai confessed that because he was addicted, he bought drugs and disguised them in cabbage.

After considering the role of each defendant, the panel sentenced Le Van Dung to 7 years in prison for "Murder". Defendant Ha Van Dong to 3 years in prison; Lu Van Dat and Vi Van Nghia each to 6 months in prison for "Disturbing public order". Defendant Luong Van Hai was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison for 2 crimes.