Stabbing after a drinking party
Angry because his neighbor broke into his house and beat him at midnight after a drinking party, Nguyen Van Hue used a knife in the house as a "warning" but the consequences were unpredictable...
On the morning of June 20, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened the first instance trial of defendant Nguyen Van Hue (born 1989); residing in Nghia Binh commune, Tan Ky district for the crime of "Murder".
It is known that before that, at around 6:00 p.m. on September 27, 2023, Nguyen Van Hue and Le Van T. (born in 1977), who lived in the same hamlet, were invited to attend a full-month party for a child of a family in the commune. Here, Le Van T. finished eating and went home first, while Nguyen Van Hue did not return until 11:00 p.m. the same day.
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When Hue got home, she saw Mr. T. waiting for her in front of the gate to "talk". As soon as he saw Hue get out of the car, Mr. T. approached and choked her, so the two struggled right in front of Hue's gate. Seeing the incident, Ms. H. (Hue's wife) intervened and advised Mr. T. to go home and go to sleep.
However, Mr. T. did not return but followed Hue and her husband into the house. When Hue went into the kitchen to drink water, Mr. T. followed. There, although Hue asked Mr. T. to go home so she could go to sleep, the victim still used his hand to strangle Hue. In a fit of anger, Hue ran back to get a family knife and stabbed Mr. T. in the stomach.
Immediately, Mr. T. was taken to the emergency room by nearby residents, but due to the severity of his injuries, the victim died shortly thereafter. The victim was determined to have died of acute circulatory failure due to a wound that punctured his liver. Upon receiving the news of Mr. T.'s death, Hue went to the district police headquarters to surrender.
At the trial, Nguyen Van Hue apologized to the victim’s family. The victim’s family did not request any additional compensation and agreed to reduce the defendant’s sentence.
The jury determined that Nguyen Van Hue, just because he was angry that Mr. T. had entered his house to beat him at midnight, took the victim's life, causing great loss to the victim's family as well as disturbing public order and security in the locality. However, at the time of the incident, Hue turned himself in and sincerely admitted his guilt, as well as influenced the family to compensate Mr. T.'s family with 200 million VND.
Based on the evidence, testimony and details in the case file, the panel decided to sentence Nguyen Van Hue to 10 years in prison for murder.
