Drug addict who murdered female student of Banking Academy was prosecuted
Nguyen Xuan Trung pushed Tran Thuy Hien, a female student at the Banking Academy, and threw her body into the Nhue River to steal her phone and electric bike to get money to buy drugs.
Nguyen Xuan Trung, 36 years old, has just been prosecuted by the Hanoi People's Procuracy for the crime ofMurder, RobberyandConsumption of property obtained through criminal activity, pursuant to Articles 123, 168 and 323 of the Penal Code.
Trung's accomplice, defendant Nguyen Van Quan, 38 years old, was prosecuted for the crime.Murder, RobberyandTheft of property;Nguyen Van Duc, 24 years old, was prosecuted for the crime.Consumption of property obtained by others through crime.
The indictment determined that Trung and Quan bothdrug addiction. At around 6:00 p.m. on October 23, 2020, after stealing 2 scaffoldings from a house in Hien Giang commune, Thuong Tin district, Trung sold them for 500,000 VND, then called Quan, inviting him to continue stealing.
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| Trung (left) and Quan at the investigation agency. Photo:Police provided. |
Two people were riding a motorbike along the Nhue River embankment, passing through Nguyen Tra commune, Thuong Tin district, when they saw Ms. Tran Thuy Hien, 18 years old, a student at the Banking Academy, standing there talking on the phone.
As assigned, Quan stood far away to keep watch, while Trung approached, pushed Ms. Hien down to the riverbank, drowned her, and then threw her body into the water.
Trung then took Ms. Hien’s phone and sold it for 500,000 VND. He removed the license plate of the victim’s electric motorbike and sold it to Duc, the owner of an electric motorbike repair shop in Lien Phuong commune, Thuong Tin district. Although he knew that Trung had stolen the motorbike, Duc still agreed to buy it back for 2.4 million VND.
Two days later, Quan continued to steal an electric motorbike parked on a cow farm in Tan Minh commune, Thuong Tin district, and then persuaded Trung to sell it to Duc for 1 million VND. With the money earned from the two incidents, Trung and Quan bought drugs to use together and then divided it among themselves.
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| Scene where the victim's body was found.Photo: Hai Hoang |
On October 27, 2020, Ms. Hien's body was discovered by local people on the Nhue River, flowing through Nguyen Trai Commune. On the same day, Trung and Duc were arrested by Thuong Tin District Police, and Quan was arrested the following day.
Authorities said they had fined Trung and Quan for illegal drug use; and had also separated the case and prosecuted Le Cong Quan, 37, the drug seller for them, for the crime.Illegal drug trafficking, Article 251, Penal Code.
Authorities said they had fined Trung and Quan for illegal drug use; and had also separated the case and prosecuted Le Cong Quan, 37, the drug seller for them, for the crime.Illegal drug trafficking, Article 251, Penal Code.
