Took girlfriend out then asked friend to gang rape her
(Baonghean.vn) - After a period of knowing each other through Facebook, Vi Van Kieu invited his "lover" to go out and then called 2 more young men to gang rape her. These 3 subjects had to pay for their actions with prison sentences.
On the afternoon of July 16, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened a criminal appeal trial of three defendants: Vi Van Kieu (born in 1996), residing in Dong Van commune, Tan Ky district; Truong Cong Bac (born in 1999) and Truong Cong Nguyen (born in 1998), both residing in Tho Son commune, Anh Son district. The three defendants were prosecuted for rape.
Previously, on February 7, 2018, the Tan Ky District People's Court sentenced defendant Vi Van Kieu to 6 years in prison, Truong Cong Nguyen to 5 years and 6 months in prison, and Truong Cong Bac to 5 years in prison. Before the appeal hearing, the victim's family filed an appeal requesting an increase in the sentence for the 3 defendants.
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| 3 defendants at the appeal hearing on July 16. Photo: Phuong Thao |
According to the indictment, around the beginning of November 2017, Kieu and VTH (born 2000), residing in Tan An commune, Tan Ky district, met each other through the social network Facebook and were introduced by Kieu as Phong. After a period of talking, H. accepted Kieu's love and then had sex with her.
On December 5, 2017, Kieu, Bac, and Nguyen attended a wedding together in Khe Chieng hamlet, Dong Van commune; Kieu called H. to ask her out, and H. agreed. Then the three of them drove to Tan An commune to meet H. On the way, Kieu told Nguyen and Bac that H. was easy, so she invited Nguyen and Bac to have sex with H.
When they arrived at the Elementary School area in Dong Lau hamlet, Dong Van commune, they met H. riding a motorbike in the opposite direction. When they met, all four agreed to go out together. When they reached the stream area in Tan Binh hamlet, Dong Van commune, they stopped. Kieu took H. to about 40 meters away from where Bac and Nguyen were standing. Here, Kieu asked to have sex and H agreed. After having sex, Kieu and H. went to where Bac and Nguyen were standing. Kieu signaled Nguyen to approach H.
When Nguyen tried to touch her, H. resisted and bit Nguyen. At this time, Nguyen and H argued. Knowing that H. did not agree to let Nguyen have sex, Kieu and Bac ran in to threaten and control H. Despite H. crying, resisting and begging, Bac and Kieu each held one hand to help Nguyen commit the rape.
After the rape, Nguyen got dressed and went out. When he saw H. coming out, Bac came and put his arm around H.'s arm and took her to the spot where Nguyen had just committed the rape. Because he had been threatened earlier, H. was silent and did not dare to resist. Halfway through, Bac went up to Kieu and Nguyen and said "not in the mood". About 5 minutes later, H. got dressed and went up, Kieu came and took H. down to the stream area to continue having sex. After "doing it", the 3 "bluebeards" took a motorbike and went back to Kieu's house to sleep there, while H. rode a motorbike home.
On the way back, H did not dare to go home but went to his uncle's hut in the same neighborhood to sleep. Seeing that it was late at night and H had not returned home, H's family split up to search. At about 1:30 a.m. on December 6, 2017, they discovered H in his uncle's hut. When he returned home, H told the whole story to everyone in the family and filed a complaint with the Investigation Agency of Tan Ky District Police.
On the afternoon of December 6, 2017, Kieu, Bac, and Nguyen surrendered to Tan Ky District Police.
At the appeal hearing on July 16, all three defendants confessed and admitted their crimes. Although the victim’s family had previously filed an appeal, at this hearing, after the two families re-agreed on the amount of compensation, the victim’s parents agreed to request a reduced sentence for the three defendants.
Considering the case comprehensively, based on mitigating circumstances, the panel reduced the sentences for the defendants, sentencing defendant Kieu to 5 years in prison, defendant Nguyen to 4 years and 6 months in prison, and defendant Bac to 4 years in prison.