The jealousy of a 60-year-old man in Saigon

On January 25, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court sentenced Nguyen Dao (61 years old) to 14 years in prison for murder.

In court, Mr. Dao said he did not intentionally beat the victim to death. On the day of the incident, he climbed over the wall to check on his children and saw his wife hugging the worker, so he could not control himself.

However, the panel of judges said that the defendant's testimony was baseless. Because of unreasonable jealousy, the defendant caused extremely serious consequences and needed to be severely punished.

Mrs. Hoa (Dao's wife) seemed upset and denied her husband's statement. She said her husband was unreasonably jealous and beat her. That day, she was so tired that she slept on the floor, about a meter away from the male driver.

Investigation results determined that Mr. Dao and Ms. Hoa (48 years old) have four daughters, live in Tan Binh district, and do business in scrap fabrics. Because the couple often had conflicts,At the end of 2016, Ms. Hoa rented a house in Tan Thoi Nhat ward, district 12, as a warehouse and brought her children here to live.

Ms. Hoa hired Mr. Chu (40 years old) as a driver and let him sleep over to facilitate the transportation of goods.On February 21, Mr. Dao came to eat with his wife and children and saw Mr. Chu loading and unloading goods, so he became jealous. He asked to move in together but Mrs. Hoa did not agree. An argument broke out, Mrs. Hoa calledThe police came to ask the husband to leave the house.

Early the next morning, Mr. Dao climbed over the gate, broke into the first floor and found his wife sleeping on the floor near the worker. Angry, he went downstairs, grabbed a stick and hit Mr. Chu on the head. When Mrs. Hoa woke up, Mr. Dao also hit her in the face with a stick.

Hearing the cry for help, Mr. Dao's children who were sleeping in the next room ran over to stop him and called the police. He continued to hit the victim in the head, causing him to collapse on the spot. Mr. Chuwas taken to the emergency room but died, while Ms. Hoa was slightly injured.

In November 2017, the court brought the case to trial but returned the file for investigation to clarify some details.