Carrying a machete, slashed at the victim’s head because he suspected that he had cut his hand when buying acacia wood

02/06/2022 15:44 GMT+7

On June 2, the People’s Court of Dak Lak province opened a first-instance trial of the criminal case against defendant Tran Ngoc Phi on the charge of “murder”.

Phi subjects at the trial.

According to the indictment, around 13:00 on October 11, 2021, Phi brought a machete to drive a motorbike to village 12, Vu Bon commune to ask to buy acacia trees.

Arriving at the place, subject Phi saw that some acacia trees had been harvested and cut down, but there was no one to ask to buy, so he returned.

When he returned to Duong Thanh Duc’s house in hamlet 12 (Vu Bon commune), he knew that Duc had bought all of the above acacia trees.

At this time, Phi thought that Duc did not let him buy this acacia wood, so there was a conflict and argument.

After a while arguing back and forth, Phi took a machete in his hand and slashed hard at the head of Mr. Duc, causing the victim to collapse on the spot.

Mr. Duc was taken to the emergency hospital in time, although it did not affect his life, the injury rate was 70%.

After committing the crime, Phi went to Vu Bon Commune Police to confess.

At the trial, based on the facts and developments in the case file, and at the same time the victim had an application to reduce the sentence for the defendant, the jury sentenced Tran Ngoc Phi to 12 years and 6 months in prison. about murder.

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