Pretending to be a motorbike taxi driver, he took a woman to the field to rape and rob her.

On August 25, Vinh City Police said that after many days of investigation, the Criminal Police Team successfully arrested Nguyen Van Hien (born 1972, residing in Nghi Van commune, Nghi Loc district) for the acts of Rape and Robbery.

Subject Nguyen Van Hien. Photo: Ngoc Diep

Previously, Vinh City Police received a report from a woman named T. (born in 1984) from a mountainous district of Nghe An, stating that at 8:00 p.m. on August 12, she stood alone under the Quan Banh overpass to hire a motorbike taxi to go to Ben Thuy bridge to catch a bus home.

While Ms. T. was waiting, Nguyen Van Hien happened to pass by and stopped to chat. Although he did not work as a motorbike taxi driver, Hien introduced himself as a long-time motorbike taxi driver and offered to take him for a cheap price. Ms. T. asked how much it cost to go to Ben Thuy bridge and Hien said 120,000 VND.

The female passenger agreed to get on the bus as agreed, but instead of taking her to Ben Thuy bridge, Hien took the woman along Dang Thai Mai street, then turned towards Nghi Van commune (Nghi Loc district), then took her to the middle of a field to rape her and rob her of a mobile phone worth about 7 million VND.

Determining this to be a serious case, Vinh City Police established Project 819C with many experienced officers participating. Because the victim rarely went to the city and was not familiar with the roads, it was dark so she could not accurately visualize the location of the rape; there were no witnesses who saw Hien and Ms. T. under the Quan Banh bridge, making the investigation difficult.

Using many forensic measures, screening hundreds of people and many witnesses, the police identified Hien as the perpetrator. Hien was arrested on August 23.

According to the investigation agency, Hien was married and worked for himself every day. When he committed the crime, Hien saw the victim standing alone on his way home from work and had the intention of raping her, so he approached her to commit the act. After committing the crime, he thought his act would not be exposed, so he had no intention of running away and continued to stay at home as usual.

Ngoc Diep