22 March 2012 :

a Vietnam court has sentenced a man to death after he mistakenly choked to death his cousin in stead of his girlfriend. A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Dao Van Con, 26, to death for the crime, arguing that the crime was premeditated and should have the full force of the law brought down upon the man. According to court records, the 26-year-old man woke his cousin on the evening of October 9, 2010, mistaking her for his girlfriend who was sleeping in the same home, and asking her for sex. His cousin shouted at him and kicked him. In response, he held her mouth and nose shut, suffocating her, according to news reports. Con then stole valuables from the cafe and went on the run with his girlfriend, Thanh Nien newspaper reported. The pair gave themselves up to police after spending all the money.
The court gave the waitress five years in jail for failing to report her boyfriend.