Carrying mines and gasoline to lover's house, detonating and setting fire
Due to a love conflict, Tran Phuc Duc took two homemade mines and 10 liters of gasoline to his lover's house, detonated them, then poured gasoline into her bedroom with her two children and set it on fire.
The People's Court of Ha Tinh province has just opened the first instance trial of Tran Phuc Duc (born in 1975, residing in group 3, Ha Huy Tap ward, Ha Tinh city, Ha Tinh province), sentencing Duc to 15 years and 6 months in prison for 4 crimes of "Murder", "Illegal detention", "Intentionally damaging property" and "Illegal storage and use of explosives".
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| Defendant Tran Phuc Duc in court. |
According to the indictment, due to conflicts in his love relationship with Ms. Mai Hoang O. (residing in Group 4, Tran Phu Ward, Ha Tinh City), on February 15, 2018 (ie the 30th day of Tet), after making a plan, Duc prepared 2 homemade mines using industrial explosives with the purpose of threatening and resolving his love affair with Ms. O.
Between 2:00 p.m. on February 15 and 2:00 a.m. on February 17, Duc "hugged" two homemade mines, controlled, forced, and drove Ms. O's car, taking her to many places in Ha Tinh province, such as Huong Khe, Can Loc, Thach Ha, Cam Xuyen and Ha Tinh city...
During the process of controlling and forcing Ms. O. to follow him, Duc threatened and used tape and a scarf to tie Ms. O.'s hands. In addition, to avoid detection by Ms. O.'s family, Duc removed the license plate of the car. During this time, taking advantage of a loophole, Ms. O. was able to escape, but was later chased and caught by Duc, beaten, controlled, and put into the car.
After many unsuccessful attempts to persuade Ms. O. to rekindle their relationship, Duc came up with the idea of killing and dying with Ms. O. At around 2:00 a.m. on February 17 (the second day of Tet), Duc drove Ms. O. to the front gate of Ms. O.'s brother's house and used a lighter to light the fuses of two homemade mines. Seeing this, Ms. O. quickly grabbed the mine, threw it through the car's ventilation window, then jumped out of the car and ran away.
The incident failed, Duc drove his car frantically to find Ms. O. When he arrived in front of Ms. O.'s house, Duc crashed his car into the door and got out of the car and walked into the house. At that time, Ms. O.'s husband's brother was there, thinking that this person was Ms. O.'s "lover", so Duc took the remaining mine and lit it to kill this person and commit suicide. Fortunately, Ms. O.'s husband's brother only suffered 47% injuries.
In a fit of "jealousy", knowing that Ms. O's two young sons were in the bedroom, Duc took 10 liters of gasoline, poured it on the door of the room and set it on fire, with the intention of killing Ms. O's two young children. However, Ms. O's family rushed in to put out the fire in time, so the two young children only suffered from smoke inhalation.
After committing the crime, Duc drove away from the scene. On the way, when he arrived at a gas station in Thach Dai commune, Thach Ha district, Duc asked the gas station attendant to fill the car with gasoline and set it on fire. However, the gas station attendant did not agree, so Duc assaulted the attendant and broke the gas pump.
After causing a ruckus there, Duc drove home and crashed into a resident's porch, causing him to lose consciousness. Duc was later taken to the emergency room by the residents and arrested by the police.
Standing in court, Duc admitted all his crimes.