Trial of abuse of 8-year-old girl: Thai defendant claimed that his family forbade marriage and shared children with Trang

Defendant Thai said that his family did not agree to let him marry Trang, and Thai himself did not intend to have children with Trang, so she was jealous and went to the place of residence of Ms. H. (wife's wife). old Thai), asked Ms. H. not to see grandchild A.

Today (July 21), the Family and Juvenile Court (HCMC People's Court) brought the case of an 8-year-old girl who was abused to death by her "step-aunt" to a public first-instance trial.

Defendant Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang (born in 1995, from Gia Lai) was prosecuted for murder and torturing others. Defendant Nguyen Kim Trung Thai (born in 1985, living in District 1, the victim's father) was prosecuted for two crimes: Torture other people and Concealing crimes.

However, many lawyers voiced their petitions to change Thai's crimes because through many clips from security cameras, it can be seen that the defendant was also directly involved in the torture of baby A.

Before going to court, in his testimony, defendant Thai gave details that are believed to be the motive of defendant Trang's crime.

Thai defendant said that because his family did not agree for him to marry Trang, Thai himself did not intend to have children with Trang. Therefore, Trang got jealous, went to the residence of Ms. H. (Thai's ex-wife), asked Ms. H. not to see her grandson A.

To control her lover, Trang also logged into Thai's Facebook, deleting all images related to Ms.

This testimony is consistent with that of Ms. H. and Mrs. TM (Thai's biological mother).

For the murder charge, Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang faces the death penalty frame with the aggravating circumstances of killing children, being hooligan and murdering with despicable motives.

However, after more than an hour and a half, the Trial Panel (Trial Council) decided to postpone the trial. The reason for the adjournment of the trial was announced by the trial panel directly at the court.

Accordingly, the defense lawyers for the victim petitioned the jury to return the file for additional investigation and consider the biological father of VA baby for murder.

Specifically, lawyer Nguyen Anh Thom - who defends the legal rights of the victim, VA, asked the jury to return the additional investigation file because he believed that the failure to prosecute Nguyen Kim Trung Thai was a co-conspirator in the crime of 'Murder. people' is to ignore the crime and is not commensurate with the nature and extent of the crime committed.

After deliberating, the jury said that for the request of the lawyer to protect the interests of the victim asking to change the jurisdiction of the court, the jury said that the victim in the case was NTVA's nephew when he died when he was only 8 years old. , so the case falls under the jurisdiction of the Family and Juvenile Court.

According to the jury, this case belongs to the case that must be tried in secret, but in this case, the accused was prosecuted especially seriously, attracted public attention and the victim's representative did not request a closed trial, so the case judgments are heard publicly for the purpose of education, prevention and general deterrence.

The jury thinks that the recommendation of additional injury assessment for VA on December 7, 10, 11, and 12, 2021 is grounded.

As for the proposal to change the crime, the jury said that after the results of additional investigation, the panel will consider and consider it.

The time of the next court session will be announced by the Court at a later date.

According to the indictment, during the process of living with Thai, from December 7, 2021 to December 22, 2021, Trang repeatedly brutally abused baby VA.

Worth mentioning, Thai many times witnessed his biological son being tortured by Trang, but did not dissuade him, but also beat him with his lover.

At the peak on the afternoon of December 22, 2021, Trang used physical force, used dangerous weapons, forced VA to remove her clothes to torture for 4 hours, causing her death.

The crimes of Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang and Nguyen Kim Trung Thai caused great outrage from public opinion. Many people could not hold back their tears, mourning what the innocent girl had to endure.

At the trial, VA's mother, Ms. NTH (37 years old), was present early. She sat in the same row of lawyers defending her daughter, constantly bending over the table, crying because she loved her daughter.

NTH collapsed on the table, crying because she loved her daughter. There are no words to describe the pain of losing a child this mother has to endure.

Baby VA is the common child of NTH and Nguyen Kim Trung Thai.

After the two divorced in August 2020, Thai was given custody of VA by the District 1 People's Court, while Ms. NTH raised her son 2 years younger than VA.

Until September 2020, Thai and Trang lived as husband and wife with baby VA in an apartment in Binh Thanh district (HCMC).

Relatives of baby VA said that after the divorce, Nguyen Kim Trung Thai and her lover always tried to prevent NTH from seeing her.

Why postpone the trial and return the case of an 8-year-old girl who was abused by her step-aunt? Hoàng Phúc10:43:42 21/07/2022On the morning of July 21, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City opened a trial for the abuse of an 8-year-old girl to death. After the defense lawyers for the victim petitioned to return the file for additional investigation and consider the biological father of baby VA for...