'Monster' who kidnapped 2-year-old child sentenced to 5 years in prison
Defendant Nguyen Thi Thu was sentenced to 5 years in prison for the crime of Appropriating a person under 16 years old.
On October 30, the People's Court of Bac Ninh City opened a trial for the case of Appropriation of a person under 16 years old with the defendant Nguyen Thi Thu (born in 1988, residing in Cao Bang City, Cao Bang Province). Defendant Thu is the person whokidnapThe defendant then took the child from Bac Ninh to Tuyen Quang by motorbike.
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| Defendant Nguyen Thi Thu (in black shirt) at the first instance trial. Photo: Lan Anh |
According to the indictment and the trial proceedings, on August 21, defendant Thu rode his motorbike past Nguyen Van Cu Park (Bac Ninh City) and saw Bao standing and playing alone. The defendant approached and coaxed the child onto his motorbike and took him away.
At 9:30 p.m. on August 22, Bac Ninh Provincial Police, with the coordination and assistance of professional units under the Ministry of Public Security and Tuyen Quang Provincial Police, discovered and successfully rescued the child in Tan Long Commune, Yen Son District, Tuyen Quang Province.
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| Baby Gia Bao was rescued and reunited with his family. Photo: Van Ngan |
Afterwards, the police transferred Nguyen Thi Thu from Tuyen Quang to Bac Ninh to assist in the investigation; at the same time, the child was safely handed over to her family.
At the trial, defendant Thu stated that she had a miscarriage and wanted to find a baby to lie to her family. The panel of judges said that the defendant's excuse was unacceptable because the baby was 2 years old, and it was impossible to use the baby as a "body double". The defendant's actions caused public outrage and seriously affected the victim's family. The panel of judges sentenced defendant Nguyen Thi Thu to 5 years in prison for the crime of Appropriating a person under 16 years old./.
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