Wife determined to divorce was killed by husband
Many times trying to persuade but wife still determined to divorce, husband beat wife to death while sleeping.
On April 13, the High People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City, at the appeal trial, accepted part of the appeal of the victim's representative, increasing the sentence of defendant Tran Van Ta (39 years old; residing in Dong Nai province) from 20 years in prison to life in prison for the crime of "Murder".
According to the first instance verdict, Ta and Vo Thi Dung (born 1983) are husband and wife, with 2 children. Due to difficult and unstable life, Ta persuaded his wife to bring the children to live in Hanoi, but Dung did not agree. Since then, the couple often quarreled.
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| Defendant Tran Van Ta at trial. |
On December 8, 2016, Dung filed for divorce. Because he still loved his wife, Ta repeatedly begged and asked acquaintances to persuade Dung to withdraw the petition, but she firmly refused.
On the evening of December 18, 2016, Ta drank alcohol and advised his wife to continue living together, but Dung was still adamant, leading to a fight. Angry, Dung kicked her husband out of the room and went to sleep.
At midnight, Ta took a hammer and entered the room and repeatedly hit his wife on the head, causing her death on the spot. After committing the crime, Ta fled the area. Nearly two weeks later, Ta turned himself in to the police and confessed his crime.
On August 17, 2017, Dong Nai Provincial People's Court sentenced Ta to 20 years in prison for "Murder". After the first instance verdict, Ta appealed for a reduced sentence, while the victim's family representative appealed for an increased sentence.
At the trial, Ta suddenly withdrew his appeal. The representative of the victim's family said that Ta's actions were hooliganism, inhumane, planned to murder his wife, and carried out the act to the end, requesting that the defendant Ta be sentenced to death.
After deliberation, the panel of judges determined that the defendant’s actions were hooliganism, causing serious consequences that warranted a death sentence. However, the defendant Ta confessed honestly, the victim was a relative of the defendant, and he had two young children. Therefore, the panel of judges only accepted part of the victim’s appeal and sentenced the defendant Tran Van Ta to life in prison.
