Wife beaten, husband stabs drinking friend to death

Hearing his wife being beaten, Ngoc ran home to get a knife and stabbed Dung in the stomach, causing the victim to die on the way to the emergency room.

On September 18, the People's Court of Dak Lak province opened the first instance trial of the criminal case against defendant Nguyen Van Ngoc (born 1982, residing in Ea Tu commune, Buon Ma Thuot city) for murder.

According to the indictment, at about 5:30 p.m. on April 29, 2017, Ngoc and Hoang Quang Dung (born in 1984) along with a friend went to the house of Nguyen Thuong (born in 1974, residing in village 2, Ea Tu commune) to drink alcohol.

At the drinking party, Ngoc and Dung argued. Seeing the two arguing, Thuong immediately intervened.

Defendant Nguyen Van Ngoc at trial.

At 6:30 p.m. the same day, Dung returned home and took a machete to Ngoc’s house. There, Dung and Lien (Ngoc’s wife) had an argument that led to a fight. At this time, Lien used her phone to call Ngoc to report the incident.

Hearing his wife was beaten, Ngoc immediately ran home. Dung and Ngoc rushed to fight.

Ngoc went down to the kitchen, grabbed a knife, ran back up, and stabbed Dung in the stomach. Dung was rushed to the emergency room but died from his severe injuries.

At the trial, Nguyen Van Ngoc admitted all his crimes. The panel sentenced defendant Nguyen Van Ngoc to 9 years in prison for murder./.

According to VTC