Stabbed his wife to death because he saw her being intimate with someone else

The verdict of the People's Court of Ha Tinh province on September 20 determined that on the morning of March 29, Nguyen Nam Hai (34 years old, residing in Huong Khe district) saw his wife Tran Thi Kim Ngan taking intimate photos with another man, saved on her phone, and became angry. Believing that his wife was having an affair, not taking care of his illness, and wanted a divorce, he had the idea of ​​killing her and then committing suicide.

At 8am the same day, Hai, despite being treated at Ha Tinh Tuberculosis Hospital, took the bus to Huong Khe town and bought a 22cm long knife. Five hours later, knowing that Ms. Ngan would be going to Huong Khe District General Hospital for a medical examination, he went to the gate to wait.

Hai, wearing a hood, silently followed his wife into the garage. When he reached Ngan, he grabbed her hair and stabbed her four times, causing her death. His mother-in-law, who tried to stop him, was also seriously stabbed in the arm. After committing the crime, Hai took a knife and stabbed himself four times in the stomach.

At the trial this morning, Hai testified that he committed the crime out of remorse and blind jealousy. He asked the court to reduce his sentence to the lightest possible level so he could return home to take care of his two young children.

The court determined that Hai's behavior was inhumane, disregarded the law, and endangered society.Killing, compensated the victim's family more than 100 million VND.