Mother prosecuted for beating child to death with soup ladle
Believing that her 6-year-old son had repeatedly defecated on his pants, bed, and floor, Thi used a soup ladle to hit Kh twice on the top of his head.
On December 19, the Investigation Police Agency of Quoc Oai District, Hanoi City announced that it had prosecuted Nguyen Thanh Thi (born in 1985, residing in Dinh Ca Town, Vo Nhai District, Thai Nguyen Province) for murder. The decision to prosecute the above defendant was approved by the District People's Procuracy.
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Nguyen Thanh Thi at the investigation agency. |
Previously, at around 9:30 p.m. on December 9, Quoc Oai District Police received a report from Quoc Oai District General Hospital that: At around 8:32 p.m. on the same day, Nguyen Manh Kh. (born in 2016) was taken to the emergency room by his family in a state of cardiac arrest, purple lips, dilated pupils on both sides, circulatory arrest, many injuries on the face and body and had died.
The Investigation Police Agency of Quoc Oai District Police has coordinated with functional forces to investigate and determine the content of the case.
According to investigation documents, in 2011, Nguyen Thanh Thi and Nguyen Van Manh (born in 1987, residing in Trang Xa commune, Vo Nhai district, Thai Nguyen province) got married and had two children together, Nguyen Manh Q. (born in 2012) and Nguyen Manh Kh. (born in 2016).
Due to frequent conflicts during their life together, Mr. Manh and Thi divorced. Mr. Manh was given custody of Q., Thi was given custody of Kh., but Mr. Manh's family did not agree to this, so they raised both children.
In early 2020, Thi fell in love and registered to marry Ly Dinh Quy (born in 1982, residing in Ngoc Liep commune, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi). After that, Quy and Thi rented a house and lived together in Dong But village, Ngoc Liep commune, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi. They had a child together and Thi is currently 7 months pregnant.
After marrying Mr. Quy, Thi continued to submit applications to the authorities and in August 2022, Thi won custody of Kh. Thi picked up Kh from Mr. Manh Thai Nguyen's house to live with Thi and Quy in Ngoc Liep commune, Quoc Oai district.
By September 2022, Thi thought that Kh. was disobedient, lazy to study, and had been tearing up his own books, so he repeatedly used a bamboo stick (about 1.4 m long), a clothes hanger (about 40-50 cm long), a plastic pipe, and a plastic chair to hit Kh.'s buttocks, legs, arms, and body.
Around the beginning of December 2022, due to frustration with Kh. repeatedly defecating in his pants, bed, and floor, Thi continued to use a white metal soup ladle (about 25 cm long) available at the motel to hit Kh. twice on the top of the head.
After being beaten by his mother, at around 6pm on December 9, Kh. showed signs of weakness and his whole body turned purple, so Thi and Quy took him to the Quoc Oai District General Hospital for emergency treatment. However, Kh. died before being admitted to the hospital.
