Taxi driver gets life sentence for causing urban guard to die

Trinh Ba T. - the defendant hit a car , causing the death of a male guard of Vinhomes Ocean Park urban area in Hanoi, he was determined to have committed thuggish acts, so the court pronounced the sentence as recommended by the Procuracy.

Morning 8.4, TAND HCMC. Hanoi opened a first instance trial of defendant Trinh Ba T. (40 years old, residing in Hanoi) for murder.

T. was identified as the male taxi driver who hit the car, causing the death of a security guard in Vinhomes Ocean Park urban area (H.Gia Lam, Hanoi). The reason stemmed from the fact that this guard locked the wheels and sprayed Mr. T.'s tires for stopping at the wrong place.

Sentencing, the court found that the defendant's conduct was thuggish and particularly dangerous. Such acts disregard the law, infringe on the lives of people protected by law, and cause disorder and policing.

The defendant also has to pay compensation of more than 3 million VND to Vinhomes Joint Stock Company, this is damage from the motorbike (driven by the victim at the time of the crime) damaged by the act of hitting the defendant's car.

According to the jury, the defendant's offense was particularly serious, demonstrating hooliganism and disregard for the rule of law. Therefore, the accused must be dealt with severely, imposing an indefinite prison sentence in order to isolate him from society.

According to the first instance judgment, testimony, case file shows, on March 28, 2023, T. drove a taxi brand KIA BKS 29E-012. XX to the garage in Buffalo Quyn town, Gia Lam district, Hanoi. Leaving the car for the employee to wash, he walks into your motel room nearby to eat and drink.

After washing the car, garage staff left the car on the roadway, so the Vinhomes urban security force locked the wheels because they thought that the taxi was parked at the wrong place.

Around 4:30 p.m. on the same day, T. took his car out when the wheels of the car were locked and sprayed with tires. At this time, the group of security guards, including Mr. Vu Trung Dung (SN 1997, the victim of the case) came to ask the driver to return to the office to work.

T. refused, claiming that he was not at fault, but that it was the garage clerk who parked the car. At that time, the driver tried to take out the tool to change the tire, but the security team prevented him, so the two sides exchanged words.

Later, T. was driving a taxi to find a place to change tires, when Dung and his security guards on several motorbikes followed. When he reached Bien Ho Road, Dung drove his motorbike over.

At the indictment, the representative of the People's VKS of Hanoi assessed that the defendant Trinh Ba T. is a person who has been granted a car driving license and has been carrying passengers since 2015.

More than anyone else, the defendant knows too much about the Road Traffic Law. Although the defendant knew the car was locked, he got into the car and started the engine and left.

Upon learning of the security team, Mr. Vu Trung Dung, who was chasing him on a motorbike, the defendant swerved and sped away while the car was being sprayed with tires to achieve his goal of running away.

Further, T. was driving the vehicle, defendant was under the influence of alcohol. Defendant T.'s conduct caused confusion and anger to T. the masses of the people.

The defendant is an adult, living in the capital, knowledgeable about the law. When committing a crime, the defendant is competent to bear criminal responsibility, aware of the danger to society of the act, but the defendant still commits the crime, proving that the defendant has great disregard for the law.

The defendant's conduct was particularly serious T.. Although the defendant sincerely confessed and repented, the defendant committed crimes of a drastic and thuggish nature.

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