Trial of the case of a brother killing his younger brother

(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of September 18, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened a first-instance criminal trial to try Vi Van Lien (born 1988), residing in Don village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district, for murder.

According to the indictment, on May 13, 2012, Mr. Vi Van Luan and his wife, along with their three sons, Vi Van Tung (born in 1986), Vi Van Lien (born in 1988), and Vi Van Soi (born in 1990), went to the house of Mr. Luan's brother, Mr. Vi Van Han (also residing in Don village) to have a farewell party before leaving the Hua Na hydroelectric reservoir to their new residence.



Defendant in court.

After the drinking party, around 5pm, the whole family went home. Mr. Luan asked Vi Van Lien to take him to Muong Piet village, Thong Thu commune to look at land to buy to build a house for the family to move to a new place. Lien asked his younger brother Vi Van Soi to take his father, but Soi did not agree and even said "Dad, you cannot go". Mr. Luan advised: "If you do not go, let Lien go, whoever is more sober will go". However, Soi still refused to give him the motorbike, even threw the flashlight to the ground and broke it, saying to Lien: "If you want to die, go alone".

Hearing his younger brother’s “shameful” tone, Vi Van Lien ran down to the kitchen to get a sharp knife and put it in his pants. The two brothers, Lien and Soi, continued to argue for a long time. Soi pulled out a nearby fence post and chased after his brother. Hit on the left cheek by his younger brother, Lien got angry, his face red, swung the knife and stabbed Soi in the left chest and ran away. Soi was taken to the emergency room but died shortly after.

At the trial, Vi Van Lien confessed his actions. Mr. Vi Van Luan also stood up to ask for a reduced sentence for his son, because in a moment of rashness he killed his younger brother. Based on the mitigating circumstances, the panel sentenced the defendant Vi Van Lien to 8 years in prison for the crime of "murder".

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