Breaking into neighbor's house at midnight, stealing property, slashing homeowner's mother and child
(Baonghean.vn) - Thinking that Ms. L. was alone, Sang broke into the shop with the intention of stealing property. When the shop owner discovered him, the thief used a knife to slash people, strangled Ms. L. until she passed out, and stole her gold necklace.
On September 20, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Chu Van Sang (born 1988), residing in Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong district, for the two crimes of "Murder" and "Robbery”.
Chu Van Sang and Ms. Nguyen Thi L. (born in 1975) live in the same commune. On September 22, 2020, Sang went to Ms. L.'s billiards shop to pawn his motorbike to get 600,000 VND. After that, Sang stayed at the shop to play billiards alone until 10:00 p.m. when Ms. L. chased him away.
After leaving the shop, Sang thought Ms. L. was alone so he had the idea of breaking into the house to steal property.
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| Defendant Chu Van Sang. Photo: Tran Vu |
At around midnight on September 23, Sang took off his shirt, climbed over the wall, and broke into Ms. L's house, then covered his face with a mask. After searching several places but not finding any property, Sang decided to take a knife and wait in front of Ms. L's bedroom. After 3 hours of waiting, when he heard noises in Ms. L's bedroom, thinking that the homeowner had gotten up to go to the bathroom, Sang ran into the bathroom.
After that, Ms. L.'s mother, Ms. Nguyen Thi T. (born in 1946), went into the bathroom and discovered Sang so she called for help. Sang immediately used a knife to slash Ms. T.'s cheek. Ms. T. fell to the floor and called for help, but Sang still used the knife to stab Ms. T.'s left jaw and held her neck.
Hearing her mother's cry for help, Ms. L. ran out and saw Sang inside the bathroom. Frightened, Ms. L. closed the bathroom door and called for help, but Sang kicked the door open. Sang took a knife and slashed Ms. L.'s head, arms, and body repeatedly.
Not stopping there, the robber also threw Ms. L. down on the floor, sat on top of her and strangled her. When he saw that Ms. L. could not move, thinking that the homeowner was dead, Sang went inside and took a phone and 2 gold necklaces with a total value of nearly 27 million VND.
The forensic examination concluded that the injury caused by Ms. Nguyen Thi L. was 25%; for Ms. Nguyen Thi T. it was 14%.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime. Defendant Sang stated that because he was in need, he had the idea of breaking into Ms. L’s house to steal property. Then, when the victims reacted, the defendant used a knife to slash them.
Considering the defendant's behavior to be especially dangerous, the panel sentenced Chu Van Sang to 13 years in prison for murder and 7 years in prison for robbery. The defendant was ordered to serve a total sentence of 20 years in prison.
