Hit your friend on the head with a hammer for revenge

Revenge with a hammer

Although it has been more than half a year, when mentioning the incident, people who were present at the village cultural house to watch badminton that day are still shocked. According to a resident: "They invited each other to pair up to play badminton so everyone came out to watch, who would have thought that the incident would happen later. Because it only happened in a split second, at that time everyone was surprised, not understanding what was going on?"

According to the indictment, on the afternoon of October 9, 2022, Le Van Hung was invited by a friend to his house to drink alcohol. A short while later, the drinking party was joined by another group of young people from the same village, including Thai Ba C. (born in 1995). Everyone drank happily until after 9:00 p.m., when some people stopped and went out for a drink.

At this time, they invited each other to play badminton at the village cultural house, so they paired up to play. During the pairing process, Hung recalled the incident 7 months ago when C. used a hammer to hit him on the forehead, causing injury but did not report it to the police. Although Hung challenged him, "Do you dare to hit back?", C. did not say anything and went outside. After C. went outside, C.'s younger brother said something that made Hung angry. Thinking back to the past between him and C., Hung was angry with his younger brother, so he had the idea of ​​revenge.

Defendant Le Van Hung at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu

Hung went looking for a hammer, waiting for the right moment to commit the crime. Taking advantage of the moment when Mr. C. was sitting alone on the motorbike, Hung suddenly picked up the hammer and hit the victim in the head, causing him to fall to the ground. After committing the crime, Hung took the hammer and ran home to tell his mother that he had just beaten someone. Encouraged by his family, Le Van Hung turned himself in to the police the next day, admitting to beating someone.

As for the victim, he was taken to the hospital that same night. Authorities concluded that Mr. C. suffered a brain contusion, subdural hematoma, skull fracture, and a 51% body damage rate due to the injury.

Expensive lesson

On May 10, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened the first instance trial of defendant Le Van Hung (born in 1997), residing in Quang Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, for the crime of "Murder", attracting the attention of many people. Everyone had many concerns when a happy drinking party turned into a brawl that left one person injured and another in trouble with the law. At the trial, a group of young men who sat at the same drinking table with the defendant and the victim that day were also summoned to court as witnesses.

In the victim's row, Thai Ba C. (28 years old) sat quietly, his face sad. After being hit in the head with a hammer by Hung, after months of treatment in the hospital, his health has not fully recovered. This young man said that he had to undergo two surgeries on his head, so now every time the weather changes, he feels pain.

Not only his health but also his work was affected. The victim confided: "From a healthy young man, driving to earn money every day, now I dare not hold the wheel, because my mind is not like before."

At the witness stand, defendant Le Van Hung showed a sincere attitude and admitted to his crime. Hung confessed that he used a hammer to hit the victim's head because he was angry when he remembered an old conflict in which he was hit in the head by C. In addition, the victim's younger brother had said some harsh words, so the defendant was even more upset."

“That day, I was drunk and could not control my actions,” Hung testified. At the trial, the defendant apologized to the victim and asked the court to consider reducing his sentence so that he could return to his life and take care of his mother.

The defendant told the panel of judges that despite his family's difficult circumstances, having lost his father and only having his mother, after the incident, he had influenced his family to compensate the victim. Accordingly, the defendant's family paid all the hospital fees for the victim's treatment and compensated Mr. C 200 million VND. Attending the court, the victim asked for a reduced sentence for the defendant.

Overview of the trial on May 10. Photo: Tran Vu

In the presence of the people, the panel of judges also reminded everyone to be more careful about their words in daily life. Because there are very small stories that are not resolved satisfactorily and continue to smolder, leading to serious consequences. In this case, just because of old conflicts, the defendant acted like a hooligan, disregarding the lives of others. Moreover, the cause of the incident was partly because the parties had been drinking, and had inappropriate words and gestures that made the other party angry. From there, it led to some people being in trouble with the law, others being injured, affecting their health. More than that, the relationship of neighborly love was more or less cracked.

The panel of judges determined that the defendant's act of using a hammer to hit another person's head was particularly dangerous, demonstrating a violent and hooligan nature, and amounted to murder. The defendant was aware that human life and health are precious assets, always respected and protected by the law, and that anyone who illegally violates them will be severely punished. In this case, because of a minor conflict in life, the defendant used a hammer to hit the victim's vital area. The victim survived thanks to timely emergency care. Therefore, strict punishment is needed to serve as a deterrent and general prevention.

However, it is also necessary to consider some mitigating circumstances for the defendant such as surrendering, honestly confessing, influencing the family to compensate the victim, the victim asking for a reduced sentence for the defendant... Considering the entire case, the panel sentenced defendant Le Van Hung to 8 years in prison for the crime ofKilling.

Hearing the verdict, Hung tried to turn his head to look at his mother who was crying for her son. Raising his handcuffed hands to wave to his relatives, the defendant apologized to everyone in a choked voice. In the other row, Mr. C. also quietly left. Although he was able to save his life after Hung's hammer blow, the thing this young man was most worried about was his long-term health.

It can be seen that because of a moment of anger and not being able to control himself, Le Van Hung now has to pay the price with months in prison, and Mr. C. is affected in the long term in his health. Through this, I hope it will be a lesson for many people, before each incident, we need to consider and think carefully so as not to pay a high price.