Vietnamese ex-surgeon who dismembered mistress gets death sentence


HANOI: A former surgeon was sentenced to death in Vietnam after he was found guilty of murdering and dismembering his mistress in a case that has shocked the country.

A local court of Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam convicted Danh Son for murder, robbery, and illegal possession of weapons and imposed the death sentence against the 37-year-old on Tuesday (March 18), local media reported.

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