Man sentenced for beating up cafe owner, robbing gold
Business was losing money and in debt, Trong saw the owner of the erotic coffee shop wearing a lot of gold so he beat him unconscious and robbed him of his property.
On May 16, Long An Provincial People's Court held a first-instance trial and sentenced Nguyen Minh Trong (38 years old, from Ho Chi Minh City) to 10 years in prison for murder and robbery.
According to the indictment, due to business losses, debt to the bank and inability to pay, Trong brought scissors with him, planning to go out on the street to find someone who was not careful and rob them to pay off the debt.Hired a motorbike taxi from Cu Chi district (HCMC) to Duc Hoa district (Long An) and discovered a crowded coffee shop so stopped the motorbike and stood far away to observe.
When the shop was empty, Trong went into the shop and ordered coffee and was suggested by the 40-year-old owner to have an erotic massage. Seeing that she was wearing many gold bracelets, he agreed. When he entered the room, Trong used scissors to control her, but the female owner resisted, so he took a hammer and nail available in the room and hit her many times on the head and face until she lost consciousness. He cut off two 24K gold bracelets weighing 4 taels and a 2 tael gold ring, worth a total of over 20 million VND, and then escaped.
However, when Trong reached the end of the street, the female owner woke up and shouted for people to chase and catch him. The victim was taken to the emergency room, with a disability rate of 37%.
