Life sentence for the heartless murderer of his ex-wife
Even though they were divorced, Ha always forbade his ex-wife from having a relationship with anyone else and repeatedly asked her to remarry. When she refused, Ha took a knife and stabbed his ex-wife to death.
On January 23, the People's Court of Nghe An province sentenced defendant Nguyen Van Ha (born in 1980), residing in Dien Hong commune, Dien Chau district, to life in prison for the crime of "Murder". In addition, the court also ordered the defendant to compensate the victim's parents 58 million VND each for mental damage, and to provide 1 million VND/month for the grandparents.
According to the indictment, Nguyen Van Ha and Ms. Tran TN (born 1983, residing in Dien Thap commune) got married in 2002 and had two children together. In 2018, due to irreconcilable conflicts, they divorced and the two children lived with Ha.
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Even though they were divorced, Ha was always jealous and did not allow Ms. N. to have a relationship with any other man. This man's groundless jealousy was so great that Ha used a knife to slash Ms. N., causing injury when he saw his ex-wife talking to another man in February 2023. At that time, Ha was punished by the authorities for administrative violations. However, that man continued to be blindly jealous.
Accordingly, on the afternoon of October 16, 2024, because he wanted to find Ms. N. to ask her to return to live together, Ha rode his motorbike to the company where his ex-wife worked (in Dien Truong commune, Dien Chau district). Before leaving, Ha took a knife with the thought that if Ms. N. did not agree, he would stab her.
At 7:20 p.m., when he saw Ms. N. moving on Highway 1A, Ha asked his ex-wife to stop the car and talk. Ha said: "You left your child to have an affair for several years, now you come back to live with your child." Ms. N. did not agree, so the two sides argued with each other.
Suddenly, Ha stabbed his ex-wife multiple times, causing her to die on the spot. After committing the crime, Ha threw away the weapon and fled to Vinh City. That same night, Ha turned himself in to Nghe An Provincial Police.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the murder. Regarding the motive for the crime, the defendant said that he asked his ex-wife to remarry so that “the children would have a father and a mother”. When Ms. N. refused, the defendant became angry and could not control his actions.
Attending the trial, the legal representative of the victim requested that the defendant be tried according to the law. Meanwhile, the defendant's son asked the court to consider reducing the sentence for his father.
The panel of judges determined that the defendant Nguyen Van Ha was a person with full criminal capacity. Just because he could not win back his love, he used a knife to stab his ex-wife multiple times, causing her death. The defendant’s actions were extremely serious, infringing on the health and life of others protected by law, causing public panic, so the defendant was sentenced to the above sentence.
Tran Vu