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On November 18, the Hanoi People’s Court reopened the first instance trial against Nguyen Minh Tuan (31 years old) and Nguyen Thi Lan Anh (29 years old, resident of Hanoi) on charges of murder and illegal possession of substances. drug.
Two defendants Tuan and Lan Anh in court. Photo: TP
The girl was abused for a long time.
Tuan and Lan Anh were accused of torturing Lan Anh’s biological daughter for a long time, leading to her death.
In the debate, the representative of VKS proposed declaring the death penalty for Tuan and life for Lan Anh for the two crimes mentioned. Due to the complicated nature, the Panel decided to extend the resolution, passing judgment this afternoon (November 19).
According to the profile, Lan Anh divorced her ex-husband (with a common son, M.) and married Tuan. Mrs. M. (born 2017) lives with her grandmother. The two live in Tuan’s parents’ house and have a son together.
In October 2016, Lan Anh and his wife moved to rent a mini apartment in Dong Da district, Hanoi. While living here, two people buy drugs for their use.
On March 5, Lan Anh picked up M. from her grandmother’s house to live with her. For almost a month after that, Tuan and Lan Anh repeatedly abused her, once again while using drugs.
The indictment describes two defendants who abused the girl by sitting on a plastic basin, holding the handle of a broom, hitting the buttocks, using the hand to hit the head, using a needle to light it … On the morning of 30 March, Ms. M. showed With high fever, shortness of breath, cold extremities, Tuan and Lan Anh took her to hospital for treatment, but she died.
In court, Tuan and Lan Anh changed their testimony compared to the conclusion of the investigation and the indictment. Both said that at the time of their arrest, M’s death was very shocking, so they “accepted all the testimonies given by the investigating agency”, and were “beaten by the police”, for which they confessed.
Lan Anh said that at first she said that she did not hit Mr. M., but only witnessed her husband’s fight. However, upon seeing that her husband was beaten, the defendant changed his statement, admitting that he beat the grandson himself.
The defendant insisted that only once she pinched M’s ear, did not hit him as many times as described in the indictment, did not use a needle to prick his hand. In the process of welcoming M. to live with him, the couple made toys, taught him to draw, sing, and loved him very much.
For his part, Tuan said that the cause of M.’s death could be due to a cold. Because before that, Lan Anh bathed her too late, when she slept, she turned on the fan. Tuan admitted that he had punished and beaten him a couple of times, but said that was not the cause of his death.
The accused admitted that he was too rigid in teaching M., when he disobeyed, there were improper measures, the purpose of the punishment was to teach him, not torture him …
The defendant knelt down and apologized to his family.
According to the representative of VKS, although the two defendants did not fully admit their actions, the judicial process had sufficient grounds to conclude that they both beat Mr. M. many times, causing him a serious brain injury. causes death.
The Prosecutor’s Office assessed that the case is particularly serious, the actions of the accused are worthy of condemnation, taking the life of the three-year-old child, requiring a strict trial to alert the community in general. .
“If Lan Anh had prevented Tuan from abusing her, the consequences would not have happened. The defendant’s claim that he died of a cold is unfounded, because the examiner responded and determined that he suffered a serious brain injury, “the prosecutor said.
Once again argued, the lawyers (LS) defended the two defendants that the conclusion of the investigation and the accusation had some contradictory issues. In particular, the LS raised the problem of the victim who had previously fallen down the stairs and suffered damage to his teeth. There are many injuries in grandchildren, so it is necessary to clarify the mechanism of formation, what injuries the defendant caused and what is the main cause of death of the victim.
The LS also stated that the blood stains on the victim’s stomach should be determined where they are, whether the patient has the disease or not … Because the previous questions were not clarified in court, the LS suggested. The Panel declares to return the file for further investigation.
In self-defense, Lan Anh cried several times. The accused knelt and turned to his mother and her husband’s family to bow and apologize. “The highest sentence of the accused is the verdict of conscience, the accused has caused painful things to her mother, to her husband’s family, the accused is extremely sorry” – said the accused.
In turn, Tuan admitted to punishing and beating him several times. However, in essence, the accused always loves the baby. The defendant continued to accept responsibility for the beating of the child, but all for the purpose of education, not for the death of the child.
“The defendant is very tormented by having to use force to teach him, but the defendant insisted that he did not hit his head, resulting in a traumatic brain injury, as the prosecution claims,” Tuan stated. This defendant said he was wrong, hoping the Panel would consider mitigating his wife, the defendant Lan Anh.
Having said the last word, they both burst into tears, apologizing to Mr. M., his grandmother and relatives.
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