On September 10, the People's Court of Soc Trang province opened a trial for defendant Tran Van Hen (born in 1961), residing in Vinh Thanh A hamlet, Vinh Hai commune, Vinh Chau town, for murder .
According to the indictment, at about 5:30 p.m. on March 14, 2024, Hen was invited to the shrimp farm of Mr. Nguyen Van Mat (born in 1963) to drink alcohol with Mat, Huynh Van Huong (born in 1993) and 1 other person.
After drinking 2 liters of white wine, Mat invited everyone to go home to continue drinking. A while later, the group invited each other to play a drinking card game (3-card poker). At that time, Huong lost but did not drink, so Hen and Huong argued.
After finishing the wine, Huong asked Hen to go buy some, but Hen did not go and went home. After Hen walked a short distance, Huong followed and used a ceramic bowl to hit Hen on the head many times, both of them fell to the street and then stood up and went home. After that, the two continued to argue and challenge each other.
At around 9pm that same day, Hen went home to get a hammer and was about to stab Huong when Huong's biological mother grabbed the hammer and tried to stop him. Not giving up, Hen went home to get a Thai knife to find Huong. As a result, Huong was stabbed many times and although he was taken to the emergency room by everyone, he died due to severe blood loss.
The jury sentenced defendant Hen to 13 years in prison for murder.
It is known that Hen and the victim Huynh Van Huong are relatives, often drink together and have never had any major conflicts.
