Trial of the case of a brother killing his younger brother
(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of September 18, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial to try Vi Van Lien (born in 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 celebrate their farewell to leave the Hua Na hydroelectric reservoir for a new residence.
Defendant in the dock.
After the drinking party, around 5pm, the whole family went home. Mr. Luan told Vi Van Lien to take him to Muong Piet village, Thong Thu commune to see the land to buy to build a house for the family to move to a new place. Lien told his younger brother Vi Van Soi to take his father, but Soi did not agree and even said "Dad, you can't go". Mr. Luan advised: "If you don't 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 to the kitchen, took 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 to chase and beat 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 he killed his younger brother in a moment of rashness. 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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