Prosecuted 2 nannies for abusing and killing a 17-month-old boy
The City People's Procuracy has just issued an indictment to prosecute Nguyen Thi An (born 1993) and Nguyen Thi Lanh (born 1992) for murder.
This is 2nannyNguyen Thi An (born in 1993) and Nguyen Thi Lanh (born in 1992, both living in Phu Xuyen, Hanoi) were accused of causing the death of a 17-month-old boy (in Van Diem commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi) earlier this year.
According to the indictment, the defendants An and Lanh did not have professional qualifications in education, but around November 2022, they opened a class to take care of children for money. Both rented a house in Van Diem village, Van Diem commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi as a place to take care of children.
In mid-February 2023, due to being busy with work, Ms. Phung Thi T. (born in 1981, in Van Diem commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi) sent her son, Pham Tien D. (born September 11, 2021) to An and Lanh's childcare facility.
At around 7:30 a.m. on February 23, Ms. T. brought her child to the daycare. An picked up D. and took her to class. By 9:30 a.m. that same day, there were a total of 7 children in the class, all of whom were taken to the bedroom by An and Lanh for supervision.
At this time, D. ran out, stood at the door and cried. Angry, Lanh ran out, picked up the baby, took him into the bedroom, then threw him onto the foam mattress on the floor, causing D.'s head to hit the foam mattress.
The baby continued to cry, so Lanh slapped D. twice in the face and yelled at him not to cry. The defendant left D. lying there and went to sit on the chair. At that time, seeing D. still crying, An went to where the baby was lying on the mattress and kicked the baby's stomach and chest.
After being kicked, D. turned to lie on his right side, but An continued to use his right foot to step on the child's left ear 1-2 times. After that, An and Lanh let D. stop crying and play with his friends.
At around 4:30 p.m. the same day, Ms. T. came to pick up her child and saw that both of D.'s ears were bruised. The mother asked the nanny the reason, and Lanh said that D. was playing and fell into the toy basket.
Because she believed Lanh's words, Ms. T. took her child home. That night, D. vomited. On February 24 and 25, 2023, Ms. T. and her husband continued to take their child to An and Lanh's child care facility.
Due to personal matters, Lanh took time off from looking after the children on the evening of February 24, 25 and 26. On the morning of February 26, Ms. T. took her child to class and left her child with An. At around 9:30 a.m. the same day, An saw that D. was crying and was angry, so he used both hands to pick up the child, threw him on the floor and used his right foot to kick D. in the stomach.
When he turned around, An saw D. unconscious, vomiting, and scratching his face, so he called Lanh to inform her of the child's condition.
When receiving An's call, Lanh instructed her colleague to get water for D. to drink. The child refused to drink, so An poured a glass of water on the child's face and slapped the child's face to wake him up. Because the child did not wake up, An called Ms. T. to come to class.
The mother arrived and saw her child was cold, with stiff limbs, closed eyes, and wet clothes, so she and An took D. to a medical facility.
At 4:15 p.m. on March 2, D. died at home. Forensic examination concluded that the cause of D.'s death was irreversible respiratory failure due to severe traumatic brain injury.
During the investigation of the case, the families of the accused Nguyen Thi An and Nguyen Thi Lanh compensated Ms. Phung Thi T. (legal representative of the victim) 240 million VND (of which, the family of the accused Lanh compensated 25 million VND and the family of the accused An compensated 215 million VND).
Currently, Ms. T. does not request defendant An to pay civil compensation and has filed a petition for leniency for An. Ms. T. requests defendant Lanh to continue to pay compensation of 300 million VND.
