Father-in-law stabbed son-in-law to death and was sentenced
(Baonghean.vn) - Angry at his son-in-law's rude and threatening words, Mr. Son took a knife and stabbed his son-in-law 8 times, then turned himself in.
On the morning of February 21, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of Vu Van Son (born 1972), residing in Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district, for the crime of "Murder".
According to the investigation agency's documents, on the afternoon of July 27, 2019, Vu Van Son went to help with a wedding at an acquaintance's house. At around 4:00 p.m. that same day, his 7-year-old grandson ran over and said to Son: "Grandpa, when you get home, dad is coming to tell mom and grandma to come home." Hearing his grandson say that, Mr. Son took the knife he had used to butcher a chicken and brought it home.
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| Defendant Vu Van Son. Photo: Tran Vu |
When they got home, the son-in-law, Nguyen Van H. (born in 1995), told Son to "call his daughter home". Son replied that he did not know, and then Son and H. argued loudly with each other.
At 5pm, Ms. Vu Ha Hang (Son's daughter) came home from work. Ms. Hang and H. started arguing. Ms. Hang kept explaining that they had no relationship other than husband and wife, but H. continued to challenge, "I will kill everyone."
Hearing his son-in-law's insulting words, Son spoke back, but H. stood up and pushed him down. Son immediately stood up, took a knife and stabbed H. 8 times, causing the victim to die on the spot.
The victim was determined to have died of: respiratory failure and acute circulatory failure due to multiple wounds penetrating the heart, lungs, liver, stomach... Knowing that his son-in-law had died, Vu Van Son went to Mon Son Border Guard Station to surrender.
In court, the defendant admitted that his act of murder was wrong, but due to “repressed and frustrated by his son-in-law’s insulting words, he acted unconsciously.” The defendant said he was very remorseful for his actions and apologized to his in-laws.
The panel of judges determined that the defendant’s murder was a violation of the law. However, the victim was also partly at fault in this case, so Vu Van Son was sentenced to 10 years in prison for “Murder”. The court also ordered the defendant to compensate the victim’s family 88 million VND.
