Defendant Duong Cuong in court

At around 8:00 p.m. on July 2, 2022, Ms. Duong Thi H. (born in 1956, residing in Lang Co town) heard Ms. Tran Thi B. (Mr. Cuong's wife) talking about her son mistakenly cutting down some acacia trees belonging to Mr. Duong Van Phuc (born in 1961, residing in Lang Co town), Mr. Phuc demanded compensation.

Hearing that, Mrs. H. ran to Mr. Phuc's house and said: "The trees are all done, why are you talking about it?" Mr. Phuc went out to the front yard and shouted: "Something bad happened to my house, Mr. Cuong's son stole my cajuput trees, I didn't pay, I only received 100,000 VND."

At this time, Cuong stood in front of the house, swearing and arguing, so Cuong and Mr. Phuc continued to have conflicts, insults and challenges to each other.

Because he had been drinking, Cuong took a wooden drumstick from the yard and walked to Mr. Phuc's front gate, continued arguing and hit Mr. Phuc on the head. Seeing Mr. Phuc fall down, Cuong threw the wooden drumstick away and ran away.

Mr. Phuc was injured and taken to the emergency room and treated at Da Nang Hospital. He was discharged on July 11, 2022, with a body injury rate of 35%.

The jury found that the defendant’s act of using a weapon to hit his head was particularly dangerous, however, the defendant had a good character, and the victim had petitioned for a reduction in his sentence. Therefore, the defendant Duong Cuong was sentenced to 5 years in prison for the crime of “Murder”.

THAI SON