On the morning of December 29, the Hanoi People's Court opened the first-instance trial of defendant Nguyen Duc Trung (born in 1992, residing in Dong Tinh commune, Tam Duong district, former traffic police officer of Vinh Phuc province) for the crime of "Kidnapping for the purpose of appropriating property" as prescribed in Article 169, Clause 4, Point a - Penal Code.
Nguyen Duc Trung is the person who kidnapped a 7-year-old boy and demanded a ransom of 15 billion VND in Viet Hung urban area, Long Bien district in early July.
Previously, the court planned to try defendant Trung on the morning of December 26, however, due to objective reasons, the panel of judges could not open the trial.
Defendant Nguyen Duc Trung.
According to the indictment, around 2019, Trung borrowed money from many people for personal use. When pressured to repay the debt, Trung came up with the idea of looking for well-off people to steal their property.
On July 4, Trung rented a white Kia Morning car and installed a fake license plate 29A-246.99 to avoid detection by authorities. Trung bought a rubber bullet gun from a stranger to use as a weapon in case he was discovered.
After preparing all the tools for the crime, Trung targeted the Viet Hung urban area and Vinhomes urban area in Viet Hung ward (Long Bien district, Hanoi) to steal property. However, he could not find any vulnerable houses to steal from.
By the afternoon of August 14, Trung had the idea of kidnapping a child with the aim of threatening the child's family to demand ransom.
Nguyen Duc Trung bought large tape, a pair of gloves, and elastic bands to tie up the goods, put them in the car, and then drove to house number D7-BT7, Viet Hung urban area.
There, Trung saw Nguyen Hoang P. (born in 2016) riding a bicycle alone. He immediately forced P. into the car, tied his hands and the 7-year-old boy's body to the front passenger seat of the car.
After asking P. and finding out the phone number of Ms. Dao Thanh H. (P.'s mother), Trung called to threaten and demand 15 billion VND in ransom.
Ms. H.'s family prepared a total of more than 13.15 billion VND. Ms. H. asked Trung to pay the above amount to redeem P., Trung agreed.
At Trung's request, Ms. H. put the money in a black handbag, took it to the car, and drove according to Trung's instructions to the service road near Dong Van Industrial Park (Duy Tien town, Ha Nam province).
Here, Ms. H. got out of the car, carrying a bag of money on the ground. Trung took the bag of money, released P. and drove away. At that moment, the Hanoi City Police task force discovered and arrested the child kidnapper along with the evidence.
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