Sentencing 60 defendants for disturbing public order and robbing property in Hai Duong City

The trial panel sentenced Nguyen Phi Truong (born in 2005, residing in Hoang Tien ward, Chi Linh city) to 27 months in prison; Bui Duc Anh (born in 2005, residing in An Sinh commune, Dong Trieu town, Quang Ninh) to 24 months in prison for disturbing public order.

Vu Dinh Huan (born in 2006, residing in Phuong Dong ward, Uong Bi city, Quang Ninh) 39 months in prison for robbery.

22 defendants were sentenced to 18-34 months in prison for disturbing public order. 32 other defendants were sentenced to 18-25 months in prison but given suspended sentences. 3 defendants were sentenced to 18 months in a reformatory school for disturbing public order.

According to the indictment, due to a previous conflict with a group of young men in Hai Duong City (names and addresses unknown), Nguyen Phi Truong and Bui Duc Anh asked their friends to invite more people from many places to Hai Duong City to fight with the group of young men.

From 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on December 17, 2022, on many different streets in Hai Duong City, Nguyen Phi Truong and dozens of other subjects drove motorbikes side by side at high speed. The subjects weaved and swerved, honked their horns, made noise, shouted, and raised weapons such as pig spears, pitchforks, swords, cat knives, and beer bottles to threaten passersby, causing chaos on the streets, making traffic participants panic and afraid, and disrupting traffic safety.

After that, this group used glass beer bottles to throw at a group of young men in front of the coffee shop at 125 Bach Dang (Tran Phu ward) and used weapons to fight with another group of young men at 77 Tran Hung Dao, Tran Hung Dao ward (also in Hai Duong city).

During the fight, Vu Dinh Huan used a sword to chase and beat Nguyen Phu T. and took from T. an iPhone XS mobile phone worth more than 1.7 million VND.