The subject of using a excavator bucket to destroy 2 cars on the construction site of the North-South Expressway was sentenced

After nearly 2 days of trial and deliberation, on the morning of May 17, the People’s Court of Ham Thuan Bac district (Binh Thuan province) sentenced defendant Dinh Van Hoang (born 1996, residing in Kon Tum province) to 2 years and 6 months in prison for the crime. Intentionally damaging property.

Hoang was the one who drove a moped and then used a ladle to smash two cars on the North – South highway construction site, causing a stir in public opinion.

According to the indictment, in February 2022, Mr. Dinh Van Hoang was introduced to work as a excavator driver for a North-South expressway construction unit, passing through Thuan Minh commune, Ham Thuan Bac district.

On March 1, while having lunch at the camp, Mr. Hoang said that he was scolded by Mr. Le Tran Nhat Thanh (the storekeeper in charge of the oil supply division of the expressway construction unit) with many insulting words. ie.

Around 5:00 p.m. on the same day, when Hoang was driving a moped from the construction site to the camp, he remembered the incident that Mr. Thanh had cursed at him, so he drove the motorbike to beat the bucket 3-4 times at the head of the truck BKS 29H-477.53 which was driving the truck. parked outside the camp.

Seeing what happened, Mr. Thanh ran away from the camp, Hoang continued to drive his motorbike to find it.

Hoang controlled the excavator and then used the bucket to smash 2 cars

After failing to find Mr. Thanh, Hoang returned to the camp to see a pickup truck BKS 60C-122.26 driven by Mr. Lai Phuc Loc (living in Nam Dinh province, a highway construction worker).

Thinking that Mr. Thanh was sitting in this car, Hoang drove the moped to approach and continued to use the ladle to hit the top of this vehicle repeatedly. Fortunately, Mr. Loc in the car was able to get out in time, so he was not injured.

At the property valuation conclusion, the damage to the truck BKS29H-477.53 was more than 48 million VND, and the pickup truck BKS 60C-122.26 was more than 85 million VND. Currently, defendant Hoang’s family has fixed 30 million VND for the owner of 2 smashed cars.

According to the trial panel, Hoang’s act of using a bucket of a motorbike to break a car was due to his temper, there were no human lives, so there was not enough evidence to handle the crime of Murder as suggested by the defendant. harmful.