Death penalty for brother who killed his whole family in Dan Phuong
The jury sentenced defendant Nguyen Van Dong to death, who killed his brother's entire family in Dan Phuong.
In the trial of Nguyen Van Dong (born 1966, in Dan Phuong), the man accused of massacring his younger brother's family this morning, the panel of judges concluded: The defendant's criminal act had many aggravating circumstances. The prosecution of the defendant by the People's Procuracy was the right person and in accordance with the law.
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Defendant in court. |
Just because of land use division, conflicts in daily life, pent-up conflicts, the defendant caused a scene of bloodshed. Regardless of the reason, the defendant’s actions are unacceptable. The fact that Ms. Nhung did not die was beyond the defendant’s will.
In this case, the defendant’s actions have violated the lives of many people, causing public shock about the degradation of morality. The defendant’s actions have also caused irreparable loss and pain, requiring strict punishment.
After slashing the victims, the defendant turned around and stabbed another victim despite everyone's attempts to stop him. The jury believed that the defendant deliberately committed the crime to the end.
Although after committing the crime, the defendant repented, but with the consequences caused, the defendant's behavior cannot be reformed, and needs to be permanently removed from society.
The defendant is required to compensate the victims with more than 100 million VND for 1 deceased person. The defendant is required to compensate Ms. Nhung with expenses of more than 200 million VND...
Protecting the legal rights and interests of the victim, the lawyer said that the cause of the case did not stem from a land dispute. The reason Nguyen Van Dong killed his younger brother's family was because of disagreements in life views.
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Nguyen Van Dong. |
The representative of the People's Procuracy applied aggravating circumstances to the defendant such as: committing the crime with a hooligan nature, killing many people and killing children.
The lawyer proposed to apply additional criminal circumstances with vile motives, killing without a specific purpose, killing to the end, showing the defendant's evil intention of not letting the victim live.
The representative of the People's Procuracy agreed with the lawyer that it was necessary to apply additional aggravating circumstances for the defendant, which is to commit the crime to the end.
Regarding the request of the victims, asking the defendant to compensate more than 1 billion VND, the representative of the People's Procuracy asked the panel of judges to consider.
Having the last word, defendant Nguyen Van Dong expressed his remorse, asked to light incense to apologize to his elders, parents and younger brother's family, and asked everyone to forgive him.