8-year-old girl case: Step-aunt constantly cries in court, recommended maximum sentence, crooked biological father

VKS counted a total of 121 times V.A. was hit by his step-aunt; sometimes Thai only sat 1 meter away but did not take measures to prevent it. Many residents could not contain their emotions, hugging the victim's photo and sobbing when hearing the cruel acts of the 2 accused.

Afternoon 25/11, TAND HCMC. HCMC opened a preliminary hearing and tried defendant Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang (27 years old, from Gia Lai) and defendant Nguyen Kim Trung Thai (SN 1985, from District 1, Trang's lover, V.A.'s biological father).

The presiding judge was Judge Nguyen Van Tuan. Representative of Ho Chi Minh City KSND Institute HCMC participating in the trial were Ms. Le Thi Yen Nhu and Mr. Phan Trung Hai.

Defenders of legal rights and interests of N.T.V.A. (born in 2013) include lawyers: Tran Thi Ngoc Nu, Pham Cong Hung, Khuu My Vinh and Nguyen Anh Thom.

The defender of defendant Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang is lawyer Nguyen Ngoc Tram, defender Nguyen Kim Trung Thai is lawyer Pham Thi Sweet and Vo Thi Xuan Thuy.

It is known that N.T.H. (V.A.'s mother) has applied for absence due to health reasons. Ms. H. and her family expressed their desire for the court to try the right person, the right crime, and the law.

According to Ms. H., the victim has not received any compensation as stated in defendant Trang's application.

In addition, the court also summoned five witnesses, two assessors from the Criminal Technical Division of the City Police. HCM. The court stretched the courtyard for the trial. Court security was tightened.

The procuratorate said that there were some absentees but the absence did not affect the trial, who gave testimony at the investigating agency.

With regard to the opinion of the defender of the rights and interests of the victim requesting that the trial be adjourned to summon the investigator, the Board held that during the course of the trial it was found that the summoning of the investigator was unnecessary. During the settlement process, if deemed necessary, the Construction Council will convene later.

After questioning and answering lawyers, HCMC KSND Institute. HCM has recommended sentences for the defendants.

According to the VKS representative, the criminal acts of the defendants caused public opinion, the defendant Trang in the process of living together was despicable and acted with V.A, because Trang was not accepted by the Thai family, Thai did not accept to have children together, so Trang used many words, behavior, repeatedly "hands down" with baby V.A.

"I should have lived in a happy family and had the loving care of my parents and grandparents. But Mrs. A. lives in a situation of deprivation, so in the process of living with the state, Trang should have loved her more but has been vile at her hands many times," VKS representative said.

Culminating in defendant Thai going to work, Trang continued to strike the child in many critical areas for several hours. According to the camera footage, Trang did not allow V.A. to dress and act with him for hours, causing him pain to death.

Considering the defendant's despicable conduct, he must be permanently isolated from society. HCMC KSND Institute Ho Chi Minh City requested the Social Security Council to impose the maximum sentence on defendant Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang.

Earlier, during public questioning in court, the defendants all admitted to the offence as indicted by the prosecution.

In particular, the defendant Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang constantly sobbed, his hands clinging to each other continuously when testifying in court. Defendant Trang choked up his voice to admit to the conduct as charged by the indictment. She replied "inexplicable cruel behaviour" when questioned by the council.

Defendant Nguyen Kim Trung Thai stated: "The defendant is weak, the defendant's mistake is that he did not take concrete action to stop the incident. This mistake is a huge life event. Having apologies does not make up for it. The defendant is only apologetic to his wife, his wife's family and the defendant's family."

In addition, when the prosecutor asked about deleting camera data in the house, Thai admitted that he wanted to delete the images of himself and Trang had worked with V.A to hide his behavior.

Thai testified that when his child was critical, the defendant was afraid so he deleted the camera data. At that time the defendant was confused. However, the chair disagreed with the confused explanation and deleted the data, not worrying about his child's life. According to the court, the defendant should think about the father's affection and responsibility for his child.

Cha ruột bé V.A lĩnh 8 năm tù, Hoa hậu Phương Lê xuống đường cầm băng rôn tuyên bố sốc 1 điều Keng17:34:30 10/05/2023Sáng nay, Toà phúc thẩm cho rằng không có căn cứ xác định ông Nguyễn Kim Trung Thái đồng phạm với người tình, Nguyễn Võ Quỳnh Trang về hành vi ra tay khiến bé V.A qua đời.