On the afternoon of November 6, the People's Court of Hoc Mon District (HCMC) opened a trial for defendant Le Van Bam (44 years old) on charges of Torturing others and Illegal possession of drugs.
In connection with the case, defendant Nguyen Thao Nguyen (23 years old, victim's mother) was prosecuted for the crime of Torturing others.
Two defendants in court (Photo: Xuan Duy).
According to the case file, Nguyen Thao Nguyen is married to TMT and has two children, TNAN (5 years old) and TNAT (3 years old).
In 2021, Mr. T. was sent to compulsory drug rehabilitation. During this time, Nguyen lived as husband and wife with Le Van Bam in Ba Diem commune, Hoc Mon district with two children.
On April 10, 2022, Bam forced T. to hold a bottle of mineral water and place it on a speaker box as high as his head. He forced the child to hold the bottle of mineral water with both hands and not let go.
After holding for a while, T. got tired and put his hand down. Bam cursed and threatened the child, making him scared and cry. Bam tortured T. for more than 2 minutes before stopping.
About 15 days later, the defendant tied T.'s hands and feet, leaving the victim lying on the floor without any clothes on. Then, Bam used a screwdriver, hammer, and scissors to threaten to attack T.'s private parts, scaring the child into crying loudly.
Both times Bam tortured T., Nguyen used his mobile phone to record them. Afterwards, the woman using Facebook named "Thao Nguyen" sent the clips to her friend LTB (51 years old, living in District 5) for fun and entertainment.
In March, Mr. T. finished his drug rehabilitation and returned to Nguyen to visit his children. Because Mr. T. and Nguyen had previously sold goods online, Mr. T. borrowed Nguyen's Facebook account named "Thao Nguyen" to continue selling goods online. When logging in, Mr. T. discovered clips of Bam abusing T. in the messages he sent.
In addition to the above clips, Mr. T. also discovered that Nguyen sent 4 clips of Bam giving T. a substance suspected to be drugs. Mr. T. asked a friend to post the clips online and then went to the Ba Diem Commune Police, Hoc Mon District to report the incident.
On March 26, the Hoc Mon District Police Investigation Agency searched the residence of Bam and Nguyen and discovered and seized a nylon bag containing 0.2 grams of drugs and a set of drug use tools.
During the investigation, Bam confessed that because T. often cried and was disobedient, he tortured the victim to both scare her and entertain himself. Meanwhile, Nguyen confessed that he enjoyed watching Bam torture his child, so he recorded the clip and sent it to his friends for entertainment.
Responding to the presiding judge's questioning, defendant Le Van Bam admitted that on April 15, 2022, he used drugs with Nguyen Thao Nguyen and a woman named Be.
After using drugs, Bam took the pipe (a drug paraphernalia) he had just used and gave it to the child to inhale. However, the defendant could not remember clearly whether there was still drugs in the pipe or just smoke.
Defendant Nguyen also admitted to using crystal meth many times with Bam and a man named Be.
After more than an hour of questioning, the panel of judges determined that, based on the defendants' statements in court and the documents in the file, in addition to the actions prosecuted by the People's Procuracy, Bam also committed other acts, so the file should be returned for further investigation.
Specifically, the authorities believe that there is sufficient evidence to prove that Bam's actions in providing drugs to Nguyen and another person who used drugs with T. constituted the crimes of Organizing Drug Use and Enticing Others to Use Drugs.
"The failure to consider and handle Bam's behavior of organizing drug use and enticing others to use drugs shows signs of letting criminals escape," the panel of judges stated their opinion.
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