The Council of Judges of the Supreme People's Court has accepted aproposal by the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracyand decided to annul the verdicts of the first instance and appeal trials of amurdering case in northern Bac Giang province in 2003 forre-investigation.
The decision was made at the reviewhearing of the Supreme People’s Court on the case in Hanoi onNovember 6 and will take effect immediately, according to Deputy ChiefJudge of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Son.
In thecase, Nguyen Thanh Chan, 52, was sentenced to life in 2004 for killing awoman, but on October 25, 2013, the real culprit, Ly Nguyen Chung, 25,also in the province, turned himself in to police and admitted that hecommitted the crime.
The Review Council said that this is a new circumstance that changes the entire nature of the case.
Within 15 days, the case file will be transferred to the competent People’s Procuracy for re-investigation.
Earlier on November 4, the Prosecutor General of the SupremePeople’s Procuracy, Nguyen Hoa Binh, signed a decision asking for thereview of the verdict on Chan. Meanwhile, the vice head of the agency,Le Huu The, issued another decision to suspend the sentence enforcement.Chan was released the same day.
According to thefile, Bac Giang police in December 2003 indicted Chan for killing avillager named Nguyen Thi Hoan and in March 2004, the provincialPeople’s Court opened a trial for Chan, sentencing him to lifeimprisonment.
Chan then appealed, affirming that he was innocent.However, at the appeal hearing, the Supreme People’s Court upheld thelife sentence.
During his 10 years in prison, he hadsent a number of letters to jailers saying that he didn't kill Hoan onthe night of August 15, 2003.
He alleged that the killer was in fact Ly Nguyen Chung.
On July 5, 2013, Chan's wife also sent a letter to the InvestigationDepartment of the Supreme People's Procuracy, reiterating these claims.
After receiving the letter, investigatorsconducted an intensive investigation of Chung, prompting him to go onthe run.
During two months, the officers foundthat Chung used nearly 100 different mobile phone cards and frequentlychanged his hiding place.
On October 25, 2013, Ly Nguyen Chung gave himself up and admitted his crime.
Based on the results of the investigation and interview with Chung, onOctober 29 2013, the Supreme People's Procuracy issued a decision tohold the first hearing for Ly Nguyen Chung on charges of "murder" and"robbery".-VNA
The decision was made at the reviewhearing of the Supreme People’s Court on the case in Hanoi onNovember 6 and will take effect immediately, according to Deputy ChiefJudge of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Son.
In thecase, Nguyen Thanh Chan, 52, was sentenced to life in 2004 for killing awoman, but on October 25, 2013, the real culprit, Ly Nguyen Chung, 25,also in the province, turned himself in to police and admitted that hecommitted the crime.
The Review Council said that this is a new circumstance that changes the entire nature of the case.
Within 15 days, the case file will be transferred to the competent People’s Procuracy for re-investigation.
Earlier on November 4, the Prosecutor General of the SupremePeople’s Procuracy, Nguyen Hoa Binh, signed a decision asking for thereview of the verdict on Chan. Meanwhile, the vice head of the agency,Le Huu The, issued another decision to suspend the sentence enforcement.Chan was released the same day.
According to thefile, Bac Giang police in December 2003 indicted Chan for killing avillager named Nguyen Thi Hoan and in March 2004, the provincialPeople’s Court opened a trial for Chan, sentencing him to lifeimprisonment.
Chan then appealed, affirming that he was innocent.However, at the appeal hearing, the Supreme People’s Court upheld thelife sentence.
During his 10 years in prison, he hadsent a number of letters to jailers saying that he didn't kill Hoan onthe night of August 15, 2003.
He alleged that the killer was in fact Ly Nguyen Chung.
On July 5, 2013, Chan's wife also sent a letter to the InvestigationDepartment of the Supreme People's Procuracy, reiterating these claims.
After receiving the letter, investigatorsconducted an intensive investigation of Chung, prompting him to go onthe run.
During two months, the officers foundthat Chung used nearly 100 different mobile phone cards and frequentlychanged his hiding place.
On October 25, 2013, Ly Nguyen Chung gave himself up and admitted his crime.
Based on the results of the investigation and interview with Chung, onOctober 29 2013, the Supreme People's Procuracy issued a decision tohold the first hearing for Ly Nguyen Chung on charges of "murder" and"robbery".-VNA
