Brought into neighbor's bed with knife at night because of jealousy

On the morning of July 17, the People's Court coordinated with the People's Procuracy of Tan Ky district to hold a trial for Ha Van Toan, born in 1983, residing in Giang hamlet, Nghia Thai commune, Tan Ky district, for the crime of "Intentionally causing injury".

At about 9:00 p.m. on April 15, 2019, after coming home from drinking, Toan saw his wife, Ms. Lang Thi H., texting on her phone and immediately asked Ms. H. to give him her phone so he could check.

When checking the phone, he found out that Ms. H. was texting with Mr. Lang Dinh L. (1981), who lived in the same neighborhood, Toan was very angry so the couple argued.

Ha Van Toan in court. Photo: Phuong Hao

When arriving at Mr. L's gate, Toan felt upset about Mr. L's texting with his wife, so he stopped the car at the edge of the road in front of Mr. L's gate and walked into the house to call Mr. L out to talk.

Seeing that Mr. L's main door was ajar and the lights were off, Toan took out his cell phone and turned on the flashlight to light the way. Opening the door and entering, Ha Van Toan saw Mr. L and his wife sleeping on the bed, so he did not wake Mr. L up to talk anymore but silently turned back outside.

Immediately after returning, Ha Van Toan had the idea of ​​hitting Mr. L. as a warning, so he went down the hallway between the kitchen and Mr. L.'s main house to look for the weapon and discovered a knife hanging on the right side of the wooden cupboard containing dishes and chopsticks. Toan took the knife and returned to Mr. L.'s bed.

Toan used his phone flashlight to see that Ms. D., Mr. L.'s wife, was sleeping inside while Mr. L. was lying outside. Toan approached the bed, holding his phone in his left hand while lifting the curtain to one side, and using his right hand, he held a knife and slashed Mr. L.'s left ankle (above the ankle) twice before running out onto the street, getting on his motorbike and escaping.

When arriving at the Cua tile village area in Nghia Hoan commune, Tan Ky district, Toan threw the knife into a hole on the side of the road and continued riding his motorbike to Binh Minh sand and gravel wharf and slept there. As for Mr. L., after being slashed, his family bandaged his wound and took him to the Tan Ky District Medical Center for emergency treatment.

On April 19, 2019, realizing that his behavior was a violation of the law, Toan went to the Tan Ky District Police Investigation Agency to surrender.

Forensic examination conclusion on injury No. 103/TTPY dated April 23, 2019 of Nghe An Provincial Forensic Center concluded: Health damage caused by injury at the time of examination for Mr. L. was 16%.

During the investigation, Toan influenced the family to compensate Mr. L. 40,000,000 VND. Up to now, Mr. L. has not asked Toan to pay any more compensation.

At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Toan to 24 months in prison, suspended, and 48 months probation.