Stabbed to death in a grilled corn shop, young man in Nghe An gets 16 years in prison
(Baonghean.vn) - At a grilled corn restaurant, Giang got into an argument with someone else. Mr. Ph. sitting at the next table tried to intervene but was stabbed to death.
On the morning of October 4, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened the first instance criminal trial of defendant Nguyen Van Giang (born 1996), residing in Dien Ky commune, Dien Chau district, for the crime of "Murder".
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| Defendant Nguyen Van Giang. Photo: Tran Vu |
According to the indictment, at around 8:00 p.m. on November 25, 2018, Truong Cong Hoa (born 1993), Truong Phuc Hau (born 1999) and several friends were eating grilled corn at a sidewalk restaurant on National Highway 7A, in Dien Ky commune (Dien Chau).
About 30 minutes later, seeing Nguyen Van Giang riding his motorbike past the grilled corn shop, Hoa called Giang to come in and eat corn together.
Hau went to hug Giang's neck to tease him, but Giang hit him with a plastic chair. Seeing that, Hoa went to push Giang out of the street, then Giang took out a switchblade from his pocket.
Sitting in the grilled corn shop at that time was Mr. Ngo Sy Ph. (born in 1992), residing in Dien Ky commune. Mr. Ph. came to Giang and said: "This is someone else's shop and you want to cause trouble?". Giang cursed back, but Mr. Ph. hit Giang on the head and kneed him in the stomach.
Giang bent down to block, holding a knife in his right hand and stabbed Mr. Ph. in the chest. People came to stop him, but Giang continued to swing the knife and stabbed Mr. Ph. in the back again, before the knife was taken from his hand.
Mr. Ph. was taken to the hospital but died at 10:00 p.m. the same day. The forensic examination concluded that Mr. Ph. died of respiratory failure and acute circulatory failure due to a wound that penetrated the left lung and aortic arch.
After committing the crime, Nguyen Van Giang fled. Giang was arrested in the early morning of November 26, 2018.
At court, the defendant admitted to committing the crime as charged in the indictment. The jury considered the defendant’s actions to be dangerous to society. Just because of a small conflict in life, he took the life of another person.
For the crime of murder, the court sentenced Nguyen Van Giang to 16 years in prison. The defendant was forced to compensate the victim's family 234 million VND.
