HANOI: A court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced three teenagers up to 18 years in jail for robbing and murdering an elderly relative to finance their trip to a beach resort, local media reported yesterday.
Nguyen Minh Hieu, 18, and his 17-year-old cousin were sentenced to 18 years each for killing their grandmother with the help of a 17-year-old neighbour at the one-day trial on Friday, Thanh Nien newspaper said. The neighbour got 16 years behind bars.
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