Killed wife because of unsuccessful attempt to save love

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of April 6, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance criminal trial to try the murder case against Nguyen Huu Khinh (born 1964, residing in Son Thanh commune, Yen Thanh).

According to the indictment, conflicts often arose between Khinh and his wife, Tran Thi Du (born 1969). Unable to bear her husband's erratic temper and beatings, Du returned to her parents' house to wait for the day to go to court to file for divorce.

Defendant Nguyen Huu Khinh

On the afternoon of September 2, 2015, Nguyen Huu Khinh went to his wife's parents' house to try to win back their relationship and convince her to come back to live together. Ms. Du replied, "I won't come back for a minute, I won't come back for half a minute." Angry, Khinh punched his wife in the face and then used a wooden stick to repeatedly hit Ms. Du's face and head, causing her to fall into the well. Khinh then took a knife and slashed his wife's neck twice more.

Seeing Ms. Du lying motionless, Khinh fled. As soon as he ran out to the yard, he saw the neighbors coming to visit. Khinh calmly said no one was home to avoid being discovered. Then, he ran up the mountain. At about 9:30 p.m. the same day, Nguyen Huu Khinh was arrested by Yen Thanh District Police.

The forensic conclusion of the Criminal Techniques Department of Nghe An Provincial Police showed that the victim Tran Thi Du died due to severe blood loss, severed artery and left jugular vein, and multiple injuries.

Representative of the victim's relatives

During the investigation, Nguyen Huu Khinh's family said that this person suffered from mental illness and had been treated at the hospital. The investigation agency requested a forensic psychiatric examination of this suspect. The conclusion of the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry stated that "before, during, after and at the time of the examination, suspect Nguyen Huu Khinh suffered from organic emotional disorder (F06.3). The suspect had the ability to perceive and had limited control over his behavior."

At the trial, Nguyen Huu Khinh gave a vague statement and said he did not remember what had happened. However, based on the evidence collected during the investigation and the public interrogation at the trial, there was enough basis to confirm that Nguyen Huu Khinh had committed murder. The representative of the Provincial People's Procuracy, who held the right to prosecute at the trial, requested a sentence of 14-15 years in prison for the defendant.

The defendant's tears of remorse at the trial

When given his last words, Nguyen Huu Khinh burst into tears, asked for forgiveness and said he loved his wife very much.

The panel of judges determined that the defendant's actions were especially serious, brutally depriving another person of life, and that the crime was of a hooligan nature... requiring severe punishment and the defendant should be isolated from society for a long period of time.

However, the defendant was restricted in his behavior, he himself was a seriously wounded veteran, his family had contributed to the revolution, and the legal representative of the victim asked for a reduction in Khinh's sentence. These are mitigating circumstances according to the law.

For the above reasons, the People's Court sentenced Nguyen Huu Khinh to 13 years in prison.

Nhu Binh