Recently, Ms. Zhang from Xichang, Sichuan Province, posted a video on the Internet, saying that on the evening of July 30, 2023, a woman was beaten for help, and her husband helped to call the police but was cut by the beater, which attracted the attention of many netizens.
The Red Star News reporter learned that Ms. Zhang's husband is 42-year-old Mr. Wu. The encounter nearly a year ago still haunts him to this day, leaving a long scar on his left palm, "Now his left hand can move normally, except for the little thumb, the other four fingers cannot be bent and straightened, and he has been left with a lifelong disability." He said.
In the past few days, Red Star News reporters have conducted an investigation into the matter, interviewed many parties involved in the matter, and obtained the verdict of the case, restoring the whole story......
▲Comparison of the current situation of Mr. Wu's left and right hands
The injured said:
Two men were seen beating a woman
Helping to call the police was cut off on his left hand
Recently, Mr. Wu told the Red Star News reporter that on the evening of July 20, 2023, he, his younger brother and a number of friends took a friend's car back to a hotel in Chuanxing Town to rest after having a barbecue in Xichang City. "The car was not far in front of the hotel, we found that the road ahead was blocked, so we got out of the car and walked to the hotel. ”
Mr. Wu said that on the way to the hotel on foot, he saw two men beating a woman, "and then the woman ran over and asked me to help her call the police, and out of kindness and kindness, I took out my mobile phone and called 110 to call the police." ”
"After I called the police, one of the men who beat me came and asked me if I had called the police, and I said 'yes'. At that time, he tried to hit me, but my friend stopped me, and the man ran away. Mr. Wu said that after a few minutes, the man returned, "When he rushed over, I subconsciously blocked it with my left hand, and I was slashed." ”
Mr. Wu's wife, Ms. Zhang, told reporters that that night, her husband called her and said that he had been cut, "I didn't believe it at the time, I thought he was lying to me." A little later my brother called me again to tell me about it, and when I got to the scene, I saw that he had been put in an ambulance. ”
▲ Mr. Wu's wound was stitched up after he was injured
Mr. Wu recalled that after his left hand was cut, blood flowed profusely. Later, the police and 120 ambulance arrived at the scene, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment, "My hand tendon was cut, a total of 8 stitches, and three surgeries. ”
According to the discharge certificate from the hospital, Mr. Wu's wound was about 9 cm long, with an open wound on the left palm, a fracture of the superficial and deep arch of the left palm, a rupture of the pripria artery of the ulnar and radial digits of the left thumb, a rupture of the common artery nerves of the 1st and 2nd fingers, and a rupture of the median nerve of the left hand.
An appraisal opinion from the Xichang City Public Security Bureau obtained by the reporter stated that Mr. Wu's left hand was seriously injured in the second degree.
Mr. Wu said that he did not know the beaters Guo and Song, and did not recognize the beaten woman as Ms. Xu when he called the police, "That day, we had a meal and barbecue together, and she was brought by one of my friends, I don't know what her name is." When it rained that night and she called me to call the police, her face was covered in blood and mud, and she didn't recognize her at all. ”
Hit Girls:
Assaulted over a problem with vehicle lighting
The dash cam records the beaten footage
So, why was Ms. Xu chased and beaten by two men? On April 24, Ms. Xu told the Red Star News reporter about what happened that day.
Ms. Xu, 44, recalled that her friend Song Moumou invited her to dinner that day, during which many of Song's friends participated. After 11 o'clock that night, due to the rain, Song Moumou's three out-of-town friends were about to go back to a hotel in Chuanxing Town to rest, "I drove him to lead the way, and his three friends drove behind." ”
At about 11:30 that night, the vehicle arrived at the door of the hotel. At this time, two men on battery bikes came to me, and one of them said that the headlights had hit him and insulted me. Ms. Xu said she was beaten by the two men because of a problem with the vehicle's lights.
"It was the other party who did it first, and I grabbed one of the men's clothes, and he said that I tore his Armani clothes and grabbed his face, and they beat me. Ms. Xu said that her friend Song Moumou knew one of the beaters, so he had been dissuading him.
The two men punched and kicked her for more than 10 minutes, and Song Moumou hugged the beater and told her to run quickly, but the two caught up and beat her again. Later, she broke free and ran to the barbecue area, and when she saw the man (Mr. Wu) who had eaten barbecue with her before, she asked him to help call the police. "A man also stoned me on the head, and then I lost consciousness. ”
▲The dashcam video shows that Guo and Song beat Ms. Xu, and Song is dissuading
The dashcam video provided by Ms. Xu showed two men punching and kicking her multiple times, and another man repeatedly pulling the beater away. She said that it was her friend Song Moumou who stopped the beating.
The verdict of the Xichang Municipal People's Court obtained by the Red Star News reporter stated that Ms. Xu was beaten and Mr. Wu was cut - "After the trial, it was ascertained that at around 23 o'clock on July 30, 2023, Guo and Song drove a battery car from Chuanxing Rural Commercial Bank to Hanchuan Hotel after drinking. Song thought that the lights of the car driven by Ms. Xu affected the two of them to ride the battery car, so he abused Ms. Xu, and Ms. Xu got out of the car and had a quarrel with the two after theorizing.
Song pushed Ms. Xu with his hand, and when Ms. Xu fell to the ground, Song's clothes were torn, Guo and Song immediately punched and kicked Ms. Xu, and then smashed the windshield of the vehicle driven by Ms. Xu with stones, Song dissuaded Guo and Song, Ms. Xu ran to the barbecue area, Guo and Song continued to chase and beat Ms. Xu, Song pulled the two again, Ms. Xu ran to the highway again, Guo and Song chased Ms. Xu to the ground and knocked Ms. Xu to the ground.
▲ Ms. Xu was injured and sent to the hospital for medical treatment
At this time, Mr. Wu, Mr. Wang, Mr. Wu and others walked to the hotel on the way, and met Guo and Song were beating Ms. Xu, and the three of them persuaded to fight and helped call the police, in the process of persuading the fight, Wu and Wang tore with Guo and Song, Guo ran to a nearby barbecue restaurant and found a kitchen knife, returned to the scene and cut Mr. Wu's left hand and fled, Song was caught by Wu, Wang and others, and then Wu and Wang beat Song.
In the early morning of July 31, 2023, Ms. Xu was taken to the hospital and discharged after more than 10 days of treatment. Later, the Xichang Municipal Public Security Bureau identified the degree of his eye injury as a slight injury, and the degree of injury of the beater Song X was a slight injury.
After the incident, the Xichang police filed a case for investigation. On August 2, 2023, Guo and Song were detained on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. For beating Song, Wu and Wang were detained for 10 days and fined 500 yuan.
The beater's confession:
On the way home from drinking, he was illuminated by a car headlight
"Hit the woman for about 10 minutes"
According to the court verdict, Guo, 40 years old this year, has a primary school education, his household registration is Renshou, Sichuan, and he has a history of drug abuse. On January 12, 2018, Guo was administratively detained by the Xichang Municipal Public Security Bureau for drug use, and on January 22 of the same year, Guo was forced to undergo drug rehabilitation for two years by the Xichang Municipal Public Security Bureau for drug use. Song, 30 years old this year, is highly Chinese, and his household registration is in Xichang, Sichuan.
Song confessed that that night, he and Guo came back from drinking at Xiong's house, and each rode a battery car home, "When passing by the door of the hotel, a female driver drove a white car and drove from opposite us with high beams, and the high beams made me unable to see the road while riding." But Ms. Xu said in an interview that she did not turn on her high beams at the time.
Song said, "I said, 'Can you drive a car, what kind of high beam?' at this time the woman scolded me, and then got out of the car, and there were two people who came down, one was Song Moumou, a villager in the same group as me, but I didn't know the woman. ”
▲Ms. Xu was injured after being punched and kicked
"This woman argued with me and grabbed it, my clothes were torn, Song Moumou kept persuading us in the middle, and suddenly this woman slapped me, I also started to beat this woman, and Guo Moumou also started to beat her. Song said that Song Moumou stepped forward to fight, but he and Guo ignored it, and continued to punch and kick the woman, knocking her to the ground, "The two of us kicked her from time to time, probably for more than 10 minutes......"
Guo also confessed that he rode a battery car to follow Song that night, and when he arrived at the door of the hotel, Song had an argument with a woman, "Song pushed her down first, and the woman started to grab Song's clothes and scratch Song's clothes, so Song beat this woman, and I beat her with Song." ”
Guo said that after he and Song smashed the glass of the car with a stone, Song told the woman to run, and they chased after her and beat her......
The court decided:
The two were sentenced to three-and-a-half years and one-and-a-half years in prison, respectively
The family of the man who was cut said they would sue for compensation
Later, the public prosecution accused Guo of intentional injury and Song of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and initiated a public prosecution. On January 15 this year, the Xichang Municipal People's Court filed and accepted the case, and Ms. Xu and Mr. Wu filed an attached civil lawsuit with the court, but Mr. Wu applied to withdraw the lawsuit on the grounds that he would file a separate civil lawsuit after the end of the medical act.
At trial, the court found that the defendants Guo and Song had nothing to do, and arbitrarily beat and chased others with weapons, causing one person to be slightly injured and one person to be seriously injured, Song's conduct had constituted the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, Guo's conduct had constituted the crime of intentional injury, and the charges charged by the public prosecution were established, and Guo and Song had voluntarily surrendered, and pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, and were given a lighter punishment in accordance with law.
On April 11, the court rendered a judgment attached to the criminal case, Guo was guilty of intentional injury and sentenced to three years and six months in prison, Song was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for picking quarrels and provoking trouble, a kitchen knife seized by the public security organs was confiscated, and the two compensated Ms. Xu for medical expenses, nursing expenses, hospital meal allowances, lost work expenses, and vehicle maintenance expenses totaling 8,207.18 yuan.
The Red Star News reporter learned that after the case, Guo and Song paid 25,000 yuan respectively, a total of 50,000 yuan, for Mr. Wu's medical expenses of 40,000 yuan and Ms. Xu's medical expenses of 10,000 yuan.
Ms. Zhang said that her husband, Mr. Wu, was hospitalized for 106 days and spent a total of about 80,000 yuan, "except for the 40,000 yuan of medical expenses paid by Guo and Song in advance, the two and their families have never paid a penny, and they still owe the hospital more than 30,000 yuan." ”
She said that after her husband's left hand was cut, he lost most of his functions, and he couldn't use his left hand to carry dishes, wash his hair, or grab a piece of toilet paper with his left fingers. ”
Mr. Wu also said that during his hospitalization, the family members and friends of Guo and Song also approached him and hoped that he would issue a letter of understanding, but he refused.
Regarding the verdict, both Mr. Wu and Ms. Xu believe that the sentence is too light. Ms. Xu said that the incident caused her a lot of physical and mental damage, and she has been living in pain. To this day, the scene of being beaten still appears in my mind from time to time, lingering. "Mr. Wu kindly helped me call the police but was cut, I am very sorry not to go, if he wants to sue for compensation, I will fully cooperate. ”
Ms. Zhang said that at present, her husband, Mr. Wu, is preparing for a disability evaluation, and the next step will be to file a civil lawsuit with the court to claim compensation.
(Source: Red Star News)