'Anesthesia witch' robbed property and received 19 years in prison
Loan invited a taxi driver to buy sex, secretly put sleeping pills in the victim's beer to rob her, causing her death.
On January 10, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court sentenced Phan Thi Kim Loan (47 years old) to 19 years in prison for robbery.
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Phan Thi Kim Loan in court. Photo:Trung Hieu |
According to the indictment, in the early morning of March 26, 2017, Loan saw Mr. Van (a taxi driver) waiting for customers in Ward 17, Go Vap District, and invited him to buy sex. He agreed, went with her to buy beer, and drove to an empty lot in Thu Duc District to drink.
Loan secretly put 3 sleeping pills and a headache pill in a beer can and gave it to Mr. Van to drink. After having sex, the taxi driver was drugged and passed out in the car.
Loan took the victim's phone and 1.2 million VND and then left for her rented room in Di An town, Binh Duong province.
At noon that same day, people discovered Mr. Van lying motionless in the car and took him to the emergency room, but he died. Loan was arrested a few days later.
In court, Loan said that because she was homeless and had no money, she had the idea of drugging and robbing people, not intending to kill them.
This lady is known as"anesthesia wizard", just released from prison for a year.Seven years agoLoan oncedrugged,committed many robberies in the suburban districts of Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong.
* Victim's name has been changed
