a gangleader in Vietnam was found guilty of robbery and attempted murder

a gangleader in Vietnam was found guilty of robbery and attempted murder at a HCM City People’s Court. Dang Quoc Dat, a 25-year-old resident of Tan Phu District, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for robbery and sentenced to death for attempted murder. Le Dinh Tuan, a 25-year-old resident of District 5, and Tran Quang Vuong, a 23-year-old resident of Binh Thanh District, were handed 24 year prison terms each for the same charges. Nguyen Ngoc Huy, 25, a resident of Tan Binh District, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for attempted murder, while Nguyen Dinh Phuong, a 20-year-old resident of Tan Binh District, got 9 months for harbouring criminals. At 7 pm on April 2, Tuan and Vuong snatched a mobile phone from Ngo Bich Ngoc on Cong Hoa Street in Tan Binh’s Ward 13 and ran away. When the 23-year-old female victim cried for help, Trinh Xuan Tam, 45, and Tran Quang Kiet, 43, both residents of Ward 13, threw a chair and a bicycle onto the street to stop the robbers. Tran Manh Thanh, 49, and others then gave chase. At 10 pm, Dat and other members of his gang returned to the site and used swords to slash and injure Tam, Thanh, Tran Van Muoi and Phan Van Binh to intimidate residents of Ward 13 for their attempted heroics.