Committed murder over a girl...on Facebook

Due to a conflict over a girlfriend on Facebook, two young men in Vinh Long beat the victim to death.

On September 22, the People's Court of Long Ho District (Vinh Long) sentenced defendant Nguyen Minh Thuan to 2 years in prison and Nguyen Nhut Truong (both 17 years old, residing in Tan Hanh Commune) to 3 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of "Intentionally causing injury leading to death". The two defendants must compensate the victim's family with more than 80 million VND.

Truong (yellow shirt) and Thuan at the trial.

According to the indictment, on the evening of May 21, Thuan and Truong bought 5 liters of draft beer and went to an Internet cafe in Loc Hoa commune to drink. After that, the two went to the Internet cafe to play and met Nguyen Nhat Anh (15 years old, living in the same commune) walking out.

Truong had a conflict with Nhat Anh about meeting a girlfriend on Facebook. Nhat Anh hit Truong in the face, so Truong grabbed his neck and hit him back. At this time, Thuan also jumped in to hit him.

After a fight, Nhat Anh was exhausted and was kicked in the face by Truong, unconscious. People took the victim to the hospital for emergency treatment, but due to respiratory obstruction causing suffocation and traumatic brain injury, he died.

According to CAND