'Super thief' broke into dormitory and stole property of foreign students
(Baonghean.vn) - In the dark of night, Toan broke into the dormitory and stole phones, money, and necklaces from Laotian students studying in Nghe An. It is worth mentioning that this "super thief" had previously been imprisoned many times for having two fingers.
Nghe An Provincial People's Court has just opened a trial of defendant Doan Huu Toan (born in 1979), residing in Nghi Thai commune, Nghi Loc district, for the crime of "Theft of property" and defendant Dang Van Hung, residing in Vinh city, for the crime of "Receiving property obtained by others through crime".
This is the fifth time Toan has appeared in court. Previously, this defendant had been imprisoned four times for theft and illegal possession of drugs.
The case file shows that at around 1:00 a.m. on January 6, 2023, after breaking into the dormitory of Nghe An Pedagogical College, seeing Lao students sleeping soundly, Toan went into each room one by one, stealing 7 phones, money and necklaces with a total value of more than 17 million VND.
On the way away from the scene, Toan dropped 3 phones. Toan went to the store where Hung worked to sell the remaining phones.
After a few questions, Hung, despite knowing that the money was from crime, still bought 3 phones. Toan spent all the money from selling the phones on personal expenses.
On January 10, Hung turned himself in to the police and handed over his phone so that the authorities could return it to the victim. Toan then also turned himself in and admitted to his crime.
At the trial, the defendant Toan admitted that he had been imprisoned many times for theft but had now re-offended. His purpose was to get money to spend. After the incident, the defendant had influenced the families to compensate the victims.
Considering that the theft of defendant Doan Huu Toan is a violation of the law, infringing on the property of others, the court therefore sentenced the defendant to 15 months in prison.
For defendant Hung, the court sentenced him to 6 months in prison but suspended the sentence for the crime of Receiving property obtained by another person through criminal means.