Lawyer proposes to handle Van An’s father for murder

On May 5, lawyer Tran Thi Ngoc Nu – defending the legal rights and interests of Van An’s family, 8 years old, sent an application to the People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City, requesting a change of opinion on prosecution of Thai, 34 years old. , from sin Torture others luxurious Killing.

For Thai’s second crime is Concealing criminalsthe lawyer has no opinion.

According to female lawyer, The results of the forensic examination determined that the cause of An’s death was acute pulmonary edema due to traumatic shock. Injuries leading to the victim’s death by the object, which were injured in the hours prior to death, were the direct cause. In addition, old injuries occurring two to 25 days earlier were considered “additional factors leading to the death of the victim”.

The investigative agency also determined that An was beaten and hurt before she died a long time ago. Meanwhile, Thai joined her lover Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang, 26 years old, scolding baby An, directly hitting her daughter’s head with a metal rod. The times Trang beat little An and Thai, they both watched and witnessed but did not intervene.

The woman believes that Trang and Thai’s criminal acts are a series of actions from December 7 to 22, 2021 and as a result lead to death, so they cannot be separated from December 22, 2021 (the day she was a child). An death) to handle Thai for crimes Torture others. Furthermore, this charge does not provide for the consequences of “leading to death or being an additive to leading to death”.

“Thai’s action is to help and promote Trang to cause harm, leading to the death of An’s nephew. Therefore, Thai must be jointly responsible with Trang for the crime. Killing“, stated the petition.

According to the indictment, Trang and Thai have lived as husband and wife at Sai Gon Pearl apartment building (Binh Thanh district) since 2020. Around October 2021, while she was studying online at home, Thai entrusted her child to Trang to take care of her. care and tutoring.

From December 7 to 22, 2021, Trang repeatedly used rattan whips and wooden sticks to beat her. Once, the accused refused to let him wear clothes, forced him to kneel, raised his hands high, and beat him; locked in a dog house; Or make your child kneel to study for many hours before getting up. Thai did not dissuade, but also scolded with his lover and hit his child with a stick.

Late at night on December 10, 2021, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. the next morning, the couple took turns torturing and hitting the girl’s vital area. Particularly on December 22, 2021, from 14:00 to 18:00, Trang repeatedly beat Van An with a wooden tree, kicked her body… making the victim unconscious.

When the lover called back, Thai saw that the baby was purple, so he carried it to the bathroom and sucked his nose because he saw a lot of food entangled inside. After a while, Van An’s breathing was weak, and Thai took him to the hospital, but the doctors determined that the baby had died before.

The Procuratorate prosecuted Trang for crimes Killing and Torture others according to Clause 1, Article 123 and Clause 2, Article 140 of the Penal Code, the highest penalty frame is the death penalty; Thai accused Torture others and Concealing criminalsthe maximum penalty frame is 8 years imprisonment.

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