Prisoner with 7 previous convictions used razor blade to cut fellow prisoner for the second time
(Baonghean.vn) - Having committed crimes and been convicted many times, Pham Van Toan still has hooliganism. For the second time, he used a razor blade to slash another prisoner's neck just because of a small conflict.
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| Prisoner Pham Van Toan. Photo: Nguyen Tran |
On the afternoon of June 14, at Prison No. 3, Tan Ky District People's Court opened a mobile court to try the first instance criminal case against Pham Van Toan (born in 1975, registered in Van Chuong ward, Dong Da district, Hanoi) for the crime of "Intentionally causing injury".
According to the indictment, at around 7:00 a.m. on February 8, 2018, at the labor scene of Team 13, Sub-camp No. 2, Prison No. 3 (located in Nghia Dung commune, Tan Ky district), Pham Van Toan (a prisoner serving a sentence at Team 13, Sub-camp No. 2, Prison No. 3) used a razor blade to make a cut on the right side of the neck of prisoner Tran Manh Tai (born in 1985, a prisoner in the team). As a result, prisoner Tai was injured and had to be treated at the hospital.
On February 21, 2018, prisoner Tai filed a request for a disability assessment and criminal prosecution of prisoner Toan. The forensic examination conclusion on injuries by the Nghe An Department of Health's Forensic Center concluded: Health damage caused by injuries at the time of assessment was 7%.
Before being brought to trial, the defendant was repeatedly punished by the People's Court of Ba Dinh District and the People's Court of Hanoi City for the crime.“Theft of property”,“Robbery”,“Illegal possession of drugs”, and is serving an 8-year and 6-month sentence by the Tan Ky District People's Court for the crime of“Intentionally causing injury”.
Previously, on July 24, 2017, Pham Van Toan also used a razor blade to slash the face, head and hands of prisoner Vu Van Hai many times and was sentenced to 36 months in prison.
At the trial, the victim Tran Manh Tai requested Pham Van Toan to compensate for health damage and mental loss in the amount of 50,000,000 VND. Currently, the defendant Pham Van Toan has not paid any compensation.
At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Pham Van Toan to 3 years in prison. The total sentence of the two sentences that the defendant must serve is 11 years and 1 day in prison.