Husband came home drunk and was stabbed to death by his wife
After seeing her husband come home late at night drunk and beating his wife, Dung took a knife and stabbed her husband. Dung's fatal stab took the life of her former lover.
On October 15, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened a trial of defendant Nguyen Thi Dung (born 1967), residing in Chau Loc commune, Quy Hop district, for murder. The victim in the case was the defendant's husband - Mr. Sam Van Q. (born 1964).
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The indictment stated that on the afternoon of June 22, 2024, Mr. Sam Van Q. took the lawn mower to be repaired but had not returned that evening. Therefore, when it was time for dinner, Dung called but her husband said he had not finished his work.
After finishing dinner, Dung called her husband many times but Mr. Q. replied that he was busy and had not returned yet. At 11 p.m. that same day, Dung heard Mr. Q.'s motorbike and knew her husband had returned. However, due to joint pain, Dung could not get up.
At this time, Mr. Q. went into the bathroom and said he was drunk and asked to turn on the lights. When he saw his wife, Mr. Q. blamed her for not caring for her husband.
After that, the couple argued with each other. Mr. Q. chased and kicked his wife twice in the leg, causing her to fall to the ground next to the well.
Dung stood up and saw a knife so she grabbed it and said: "Come in, come in." Mr. Q. replied: "Do whatever you want" and then walked towards his wife.
When her husband approached, Dung stabbed Mr. Q. twice, causing him to collapse. After stabbing her husband, Dung called for everyone to take Mr. Q. to the emergency room. However, the victim died due to circulatory failure and acute respiratory failure because the wound punctured his heart and lungs.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to committing the crime as charged in the indictment. The defendant said that her husband was drunk and beat her, so she could not control her actions. The defendant expressed remorse and asked the court to consider a lighter sentence.
The panel of judges determined that in this case, the defendant had mitigating circumstances that needed to be considered, such as her honest confession, remorse, surrender, partial remediation of the consequences, and the legal representative of the victim filed a petition for a reduced sentence for the defendant. Therefore, the court sentenced Nguyen Thi Dung to 8 years in prison for murder.
