Trial of man who beat 1-year-old daughter, tied electric wire around house
Tran Duc Minh, 39 years old, beat his 1 year old daughter, tied electric wires around the house, then recorded the video and sent it to his wife to force her not to divorce.
According to the panel of judges, the defendant was too cruel to his own child just to vent his anger at his wife. This behavior is immoral and inhumane, and a severe punishment must be applied to the defendant to have sufficient deterrence.
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According to the indictment, Minh and his 30-year-old wife lived in Quang Ninh and had two children together, a 9-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl. At the end of 2020, Minh and his wife had a conflict and his wife asked for a divorce. On December 21, 2020, Minh took his two children to his biological parents' house in Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho.
The next morning, the little girl was crying and Minhbeat, locked him in the closet. He took clothes and an electric cord and tied it around his neck, dragging him around the house. Despite his child's panic and crying, he used his phone to record the video and sent it to his wife.The girl's mother called Minh's relatives to intervene, but was unsuccessful and had to call the police. The girl suffered head and facial injuries and was taken to the emergency room with a 1% disability.
During the investigation and at the trial, Minh admitted his crime. In his final statement, the defendant expressed remorse for what he had done to his son. "I apologize to my family, my wife and children, and for causing outrage in society," he said.
Present in court, Minh's wife (divorced) asked the court to grant the defendant a suspended sentence so that he could have the opportunity to take care of his two young children.
