Two young men committed murder after motorbike chase caused accident

Nghe An Provincial People's Court has just opened the first instance trial of defendants Le Xuan Dat (22 years old) and Nguyen Cong Y (21 years old), both residing in Phuc Tho commune, Nghi Loc district, for the crime of "Murder".

According to the indictment, although the defendants Le Xuan Dat and Nguyen Cong Y had no conflict with the group of Bui Huu Tuan H. (born 2000, residing in Yen Son commune, Do Luong district), when listening to Bui Doan Gia Huy recount the conflict between Huy and H.'s group, Dat and Y participated in the motorbike chase at night.

The two defendants Nguyen Cong Y and Le Xuan Dat at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu

Specifically, at around 11:00 p.m. on May 25, 2022, seeing H.'s motorbike with Nguyen Dang Tien Dat and Nguyen Thai Quang passing by, Le Xuan Dat drove Nguyen Cong Y with a machete and chased after him at a speed of 80-90 km/h.

While the two vehicles were moving at high speed on the road, Y took a machete and slashed at H., Quang and Dat's motorbike. At that time, Dat swerved to the right to avoid it, causing him to fall onto the road, leading to H.'s death after 2 days of emergency treatment. Nguyen Thai Quang was seriously injured, losing 80% of his health; Tien Dat suffered scratches on his arms and legs.

On the afternoon of June 6, 2022, Nguyen Cong Y turned himself in to the police and confessed to his crime.

At the trial, Le Xuan Dat and Nguyen Cong Y admitted all their crimes. The defendants agreed to compensate for damages to life and health as requested by the victim's representative.

After a comprehensive review of the case, the People's Court sentenced Nguyen Cong Y and Le Xuan Dat each to 20 years in prison for the crime."Killing"Regarding civil matters, the court ordered each defendant to compensate the victims a total of 200 million VND./.