Thinking he was being taken advantage of to borrow money, the man committed murder.
(Baonghean.vn) - Thinking that Mrs. H. had no feelings for him and was only using her to borrow money, Tran Van Nang had the intention of killing someone. After committing the crime, Nang fled and was later arrested by the police.
After 3 days of deliberation, Nghe An Provincial People's Court announced the case of "Murder" and "Robbery" against defendant Tran Van Nang (born 1962), residing in Nhan Hoa commune, Vinh Bao district, Hai Phong city.
According to the case, on July 14, 2023, Tran Van Nang went to the house of Ms. Pham Thi H. (born in 1969), residing in Do Luong hamlet, Tan An commune, Tan Ky district to visit and sleep. Nang slept on the bed in the outside room, while Ms. H. slept in his room. During this time, Nang lay thinking about Ms. H.'s attitudes and behaviors towards him up to now and thought that Ms. H. had no feelings for him but only took advantage of him to borrow money. Thinking of this, Nang became angry and had the idea of killing Ms. H.
At about 4:00 a.m. on July 15, Nang got up to go to the bathroom. When he entered the kitchen, he saw a sharp knife on the shelf on the kitchen counter and took it to Mrs. H's bedroom. Seeing the door open and Mrs. H. lying on the bed, Nang approached and stabbed Mrs. H once in the chest.
Suddenly stabbed, Mrs. H. stood up and said, “Why did you do that?”. Nang replied, “You were cruel to me.” Then, Nang continued to stab Mrs. H. repeatedly in the back and shoulder until she collapsed.
After committing the crime, Nang took Mrs. H's handbag from the bedside, closed the door, put the knife in his handbag, got on his motorbike and fled.
After riding for a while, Nang stopped to change clothes and checked Mrs. H's bag, took 2 phones and 642,000 VND. Nang took all of the above property, and threw the knife and bloody clothes into a ditch on the side of the road. Then, Nang drove his motorbike to Quang Khoi Hospital, Quynh Thien Ward, Hoang Mai Town, left them there, then took a bus and escaped.
At around 8am on July 15, Ms. H.'s son returned home and found his mother dead in the bedroom, so he reported the matter to the police. On July 20, Tran Van Nang was arrested by the Nghe An Provincial Police Department.
On August 29, during the investigation experiment, Tran Van Nang described and simulated the course of his crime and described the victim's posture consistent with the results of the autopsy and crime scene investigation.
According to the autopsy conclusion, the cause of death of Ms. Pham Thi H. was circulatory failure and respiratory failure due to multiple puncture wounds, severing the right lung, greater omentum and gastric mesentery.
At the trial, defendant Tran Van Nang admitted to committing the crime as charged in the indictment. The defendant confessed that because he thought that Ms. H. was taking advantage of him to borrow money, he was angry and committed the crime. The defendant expressed remorse and repentance, admitting that his actions were wrong, and at the same time, hoped the court would consider reducing his sentence so that he could return to his family soon.
The victim's family representative requested the court to judge the right person for the right crime, and at the same time, requested the defendant to compensate for mental damage in the amount of 400 million VND.
Considering the case as a whole, the People's Court sentenced Tran Van Nang to death for "Murder" and 4 years in prison for "Robbery", with a total sentence of death.
