Le Minh Tu appearing in court in Hung Yen in Vietnam, where he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing another man 14 years ago in the United Kingdom. - Vietnam News/Asian News Network
HUNG YEN (HANOI), July 18 (Vietnam News/ANN): In a legal first, a man has been jailed in Vietnam for killing another man 14 years ago in the United Kingdom. It is the first time a trial has been held in Vietnam for an offence committed in a foreign country.
Le Minh Tu, 47, was sentenced to 12 years in prison at the People's Court of Hung Yen Province for the killing of 44-year-old Tran Nguyen who died after being badly beaten in November 2006.
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