Stabbed friend to death for being questioned about beating his friend's wife
When his friend called to question him about beating his pregnant wife, Tran Tuan Huy took a knife to talk. In the middle of the night, Huy stabbed his best friend to death and then turned himself in to the police.
On April 23, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a trial for defendant Tran Tuan Huy (born 1995), residing in Ben Thuy ward, Vinh city (Nghe An) for the crime of murder.
Tran Tuan Huy and Mr. Pham TT (born in 1994, living in the same locality) are friends. Late at night on August 3, 2024, Huy and Mr. T. went to sing karaoke and Mr. T. went home first.
At about 11:30 p.m. the same day, Mr. T's wife went to the karaoke bar and the incident happened.conflictwith Huy. During the argument, Huy used his hand to hit his friend's wife. Everyone intervened, so both of them went home.
When he learned that Huy had beaten his wife, at 0:06 on August 4, T. called Huy to blame him for "why did you hit my wife just now" and asked him to go to the gate. Thinking that T. had come to his house to fight, Huy took a sharp knife and put it in the back of his pants and stood in front of the gate.
Mr. T. just arrived at Huy's gate, opened the motorbike trunk and started swearing. Seeing Mr. T. open the motorbike trunk, thinking that his friend was taking out a weapon, Huy pulled out a knife and stabbed T. in the chest.
After being stabbed, Mr. T. ran away. Huy chased after him but Mr. T. turned around and stabbed him in the side and back. When Mr. T. fell, Huy stabbed him again in the back.
The victim ran a short distance and fell a second time. After falling, T. said to Huy, “You hit me.” Thinking that his friend was pretending, Huy said, “Never mind,” and kicked T. At this point, Huy saw that his friend was bleeding profusely, so he stopped beating him.
Huy then called an ambulance and took Mr. T. to Nghe An General Hospital for emergency treatment. However, due to the severity of his injuries, Mr. Pham TT died. The cause of death was determined to be respiratory failure, acute circulatory failure due to multiple injuries that punctured the lungs, ruptured the liver, etc.
After learning that his friend had died, Tran Tuan Huy turned himself in to the police and confessed to all his crimes. The authorities took Huy for an examination and concluded that before, during and after committing the crime, Huy suffered from mental and behavioral disorders.
At the trial, the defendant stated that he had been drinking beer that day and was unable to control his actions. When asked by the court about the reason for the crime, the defendant replied that he “did not remember”.
After the incident, the defendant influenced the victim’s family to compensate the victim’s family 215 million VND. Attending the trial, the victim’s family requested the defendant to compensate more than 1.5 billion VND.
The panel of judges determined that in this case, the defendant had mitigating circumstances such as surrendering, showing remorse, having limited cognitive ability and ability to control behavior; and had influenced the family to compensate the victim's family with 215 million VND.
Considering the case as a whole, the court sentenced Tran Tuan Huy to 17 years in prison for murder. In terms of civil matters, the court ordered the defendant to compensate the victim’s family more than 268 million VND, and to provide monthly support for the victim’s 3 children, each of whom is 1.2 million VND until they turn 18.
