4 gamblers get jail sentences for gambling at neighbor's house
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of June 20, Tan Ky District People's Court tried the criminal case against Nguyen The Tai, Nguyen Thu Dung, Duong Phuc Hung, and Tran Van Tuan, all residing in Nghia Dung Commune, Tan Ky District, for the crime of "Gambling".
According to the indictment, on April 17, 2022, Tran Van Tuan invited a team of glue cutters and a number of other people, including Nguyen The Tai and Duong Phuc Hung, to organize a meal at the house of Mr. Dang Huu C. and his wife, residing in Tan Thuan hamlet, Nghia Dung commune, Tan Ky district.
At about 8:30 p.m. the same day, Duong Phuc Hung went into Mr. C's son's bedroom on the right side of the living room and saw a deck of cards placed on the window, so he called Nguyen The Tai.participate in gambling, each game from 100,000 VND to 200,000 VND.
At 9:15 p.m. the same day, Nguyen Thu Dung passed by Dang Huu C.'s house and saw many people singing karaoke, so he joined in. When he entered the bedroom near the living room and saw Duong Phuc Hung and Nguyen The Tai gambling, Dung immediately sat on the bed and joined Hung and Tai in gambling. At around 11:00 p.m. the same day, Tran Van Tuan called Duong Phuc Hung to leave and saw the three people gambling, so Tuan joined in.
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Subjects of the trial. Photo: Phuong Hao |
At about 11:30 p.m. the same day, while the subjects were gambling with each other, the police discovered and caught them red-handed. They confiscated a deck of 36 cards and 700,000 VND from the gambling table; confiscated the following amounts: 5,350,000 VND in front of Nguyen The Tai's seat, 2,700,000 VND in front of Nguyen Thu Dung's seat; 100,000 VND in front of Duong Phuc Hung's seat and 200,000 VND in front of Tran Van Tuan's seat.
Through investigation, it was determined that the total amount of money used by the subjects for gambling purposes was 9,050,000 VND. Of which, it was proven that Duong Phuc Hung used 2,050,000 VND for gambling; similarly, Nguyen The Tai used 1,800,000 VND, Nguyen Thu Dung 5,000,000 VND and Tran Van Tuan 200,000 VND.
At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Nguyen The Tai to 6 months in prison, Nguyen Thu Dung to 18 months of non-custodial reform, Duong Phuc Hung to 9 months in prison, and Tran Van Tuan to 12 months in prison.
Previously, Tran Van Tuan had been punished four times for the crimes of gambling, theft and intentional injury.
