Unable to steal the dog, two young men had to steal the phone.

On the afternoon of June 14, 2021, the People's Court of Tan Ky district (Nghe An) tried the criminal case against Le Dinh Thang, born in 1986 and Phan Van Cuong, born in 1980, residing in Giang Son Dong commune, Do Luong district, for the crime oftheft of property.
Accordingly, at around 11:30 p.m. on March 30, 2021, Cuong invited Thang to Tan Ky to steal dogs. Then, Cuong drove a motorbike with Thang sitting behind him, holding a noose to catch him.dog thief.

Cuong and Thang at the trial. Photo: Phuong Hao

However, they went from Tan Ky town to Nghia Hoan commune, Giai Xuan commune and Tan Xuan commune and then returned to the old road without stealing any dogs. At about 2:00 a.m. on March 31, 2021, when the two were in Quy Hau hamlet, Ky Tan commune, they saw a construction site, so Cuong stopped the car so Thang could break into the workers' camp and steal two phones from Le Van Xai and Nguyen Viet Nam. After stealing, Thang gave each of them one phone to keep.

While breaking into the camp to steal, Thang dropped a black Nokia phone with the sim number 0345467904 inside.
On April 3, 2021 and April 8, 2021, knowing that their theft was being investigated by Tan Ky District Police, both of them turned themselves in.
Property appraisal showed that the two phones that Thang and Cuong appropriated had a total value of 4,950,000 VND.
Previously, Thang had been to prison three times for theft; Cuong had been to prison once for illegal possession of drugs.
At the end of the trial, the jury sentenced Thang to 15 months in prison and Cuong to 12 months in prison.