Nghe An Court sentences to death the man who killed his daughter and her boyfriend

On March 29, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Le Dinh Ngoc (born 1980), residing in Bai Son commune, Do Luong district, for the crime of "Killing"The victim in the case is the daughter of the defendant Le Tam Nh. (born 2005) and her boyfriend Ho Quoc A. (born 2004, residing in Khanh Son commune, Nam Dan district).

Defendant Le Dinh Ngoc was sentenced to death. Photo: Tran Vu

According to the indictment, on the evening of July 4, 2022, Ngoc organized a dinner inviting family members to attend. During the meal, Ngoc mentioned that her daughter and her boyfriend were preparing to go to work, and the two sides got into an argument. Because her daughter spoke rudely, Ngoc intended to slap Nh. but was stopped by everyone. Quoc A. drove Nh. away from there.

At around 9pm that same day, Ngoc drove her motorbike to find her daughter and her boyfriend to talk. Discovering that Quoc A. was taking his daughter in the opposite direction, turning onto another road, Ngoc drove to block them.

At this time, the couple abandoned their motorbike and ran into a house on the side of the road. Ngoc opened the trunk of the motorbike, took out two knives and chased after them. Then, Ngoc kicked open the door and rushed into the house, stabbing Quoc A once in the chest and stabbing the girl several times.

Quoc A. ran into a house and collapsed. Nh. ran after her boyfriend and fell, so Ngoc caught up with her, stabbed her son in the back and said: “In the next life, don’t be human, son. I killed you and then I came back to commit suicide.”

After committing the crime, Ngoc left the scene, informed his family about the incident, and then committed suicide by drinking pesticide. People took Quoc A. and Nh. to the emergency room, but both died. Ngoc was saved after drinking pesticide.

At the trial, the defendant admitted all his crimes. Regarding the reason for committing the crime, the defendant said that he was angry because his daughter had dropped out of school to follow her boyfriend. The fact that his daughter borrowed money from many people, was rude, and the family advised her many times but she did not listen made the defendant angry.

When Ngoc was about to slap her daughter, her boyfriend said he would call the gangsters to handle the situation. Ngoc went to find her to talk and explain to her, but when she saw her daughter was using her phone, she thought she was calling the gangsters to beat her up, so she couldn't control herself and committed the crime.

The defendant apologized to the victim Quoc A.'s family and relatives.

Considering the defendant's criminal behavior as particularly dangerous, the panel sentenced defendant Le Dinh Ngoc to death. Regarding the civil part, the court ordered the defendant to compensate Quoc A's family 261 million VND (minus 79 million already compensated).