The man and the slide to... life imprisonment
(Baonghean.vn) - Continuing his mistakes, Nguyen Dinh Sy slid down the path of crime. Even after becoming a father, he still did not turn to goodness, causing not only himself to bury his life behind bars, but also leaving pain and burden for his relatives.
In and out of prison
For many people, youth is a dream, an ambition, a cherished memory. But for Nguyen Dinh Sy (born 1988), residing in Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong district, youth only revolves around going to jail and being released from prison.
Sy is the seventh child in a family of nine siblings. His family was not well off, but the young man was not keen on making a living. On the contrary, Sy played around and soon developed a habit of cheating. That was the reason why Nguyen Dinh Sy was sentenced to nine months in prison for theft in 2010.
After his first stumble in life, Sy still did not turn back to cultivate his mind and character, but continued to resist law enforcement officers. Therefore, Nguyen Dinh Sy received a 14-month prison sentence for the above crime. When Sy finished serving this prison sentence, his wife gave birth to a second child. Instead of working hard to take care of his wife and children and build a family, Sy got involved in drugs. The result of his illegal behavior was that Sy received a 7-year prison sentence for illegal drug trafficking in 2015.
Sy's repeated imprisonment has affected his family life, especially his young children. His young wife has to take care of the family and the children. After serving his prison sentence, Sy returned to his hometown. His relatives all hope that from now on, Sy will know how to correct his mistakes, rebuild his life, and make up for the losses of his children. However, only 6 months after being released from prison, the man continued to make the same mistake when he participated in transporting more than 1.1 kg of drugs.
According to the case file, on July 26, 2022, Sy was hired by a man named Tran Van Tai (residing in Vo Liet commune, Thanh Chuong district) to go to Khe Da Cuc area, Thanh Thuy commune to get drugs, promising to pay from 5 to 7 million VND. Sy agreed to the above request.
Following Tai's instructions, early the next morning, Sy went to the stream area to wait for the "goods". After many hours of waiting, in the afternoon of the same day, Sy received drugs from a man. Sy took the drugs and hid them. The next day, Sy put the bag containing the drugs in the trunk of his motorbike and went to deliver it to Tai. On the way, when he saw the police force signal to stop the vehicle, Sy quickly abandoned the vehicle and ran away. The police force chased and arrested Sy, and checked the trunk of the motorbike and found more than 1.1 kg of drugs.
Based on Nguyen Dinh Sy’s testimony, the police issued an emergency detention order for Tran Van Tai. At the investigation agency, Tai admitted that he asked Sy to buy a golden turtle from a Laotian but was unsuccessful. Tai did not admit to hiring Sy to receive the drugs. Apart from Sy’s testimony, there was no other evidence so the authorities had no basis to prosecute Tai.
Late repentance
On the day of the trial of defendant Nguyen Dinh Sy for the crime of illegally transporting drugs, the image of Mrs. Nguyen Thi L. (Sy's mother) struggling to go to court made many people feel sorry. Her old age and illness made it difficult for her to walk. Therefore, a relative was always by her side. In fact, the court was not unfamiliar to her, because this was the fourth time that mother followed her son to court.
At the witness stand, the defendant did not admit to transporting drugs. The defendant said he only helped a man named Tai "get the goods", not knowing what was inside. Sy said he only knew it was drugs when he was arrested. However, when asked by the jury why he did not know there were drugs in the package but abandoned his vehicle and ran away when he encountered the police, the defendant remained silent.
Before that, when he was first arrested, Sy admitted to transporting drugs for hire, but later changed his testimony as in court. Although at the trial, Sy did not admit to transporting drugs, in his final words, the defendant asked the court to consider reducing his sentence. The defendant presented his family situation, sick mother, young children, and mentally ill wife to ask the court to consider reducing his sentence. Only when mentioning his wife, children, and relatives did the defendant's eyes well up with tears. Many times, Sy raised his handcuffed hand to brush it across his face, his eyes looking towards his relatives who were sitting.
Sitting quietly watching her son’s trial, Mrs. L. sighed many times. How could she not be sad when for many years, she had always encouraged her son to turn around and start his life over. However, despite the sighs in the middle of the night or the tears that kept rolling down her wrinkled face, Sy kept making mistakes again and again.
Seeing his mother, Sy li li said sorry. Then when he saw his mother sad, the "rebellious son" also burst into tears, although those late tears could not ease the pain and shame of the miserable mother. On the fourth time meeting his son at the court, Mrs. L. sent words of encouragement to him. The mother confided that when she was old and her hair was streaked with gray, she thought she would be at ease, but unexpectedly she was always tormented and miserable. Because her son was "unruly", she stayed at home, afraid to contact the neighbors. Many nights she tossed and turned, unable to sleep, staying awake until morning.
The defendant’s wife sat in a daze in the hallway of the courtroom after being reprimanded by her husband. Some relatives sympathized with the defendant’s wife’s situation, because since getting married, she had to live in sadness when her husband was imprisoned many times, in addition, her illness also made her temperament often abnormal.
After the deliberation, the Trial Panel determined that although the defendant did not admit to the crime, based on the collected investigation documents, the defendant's initial testimony, the record of the crime scene investigation, etc., it was affirmed that the prosecution of the defendant for the crime of illegal transportation of narcotics was the right person and the right crime. In this case, the defendant had the aggravating circumstance of recidivism. Therefore, the Trial Panel of the first instance sentenced Nguyen Dinh Sy to life imprisonment for the crime of illegal transportation of narcotics.
The son’s trial ended, the mother left the court with difficulty. With the life sentence that the defendant received, will the mother still have the chance to wait for her erring son to return as she wished… If only Nguyen Dinh Sy had known to turn around, to repent before it was too late to start a new life, then things would have been different!
