China’s ‘Jack the Ripper’ Gao Chengyong (53) sentenced to death for murders committed between 1988 and 2002.
7 years ago

China’s ‘Jack the Ripper’ Gao Chengyong (53) sentenced to death for murders committed between 1988 and 2002.

The Hindu  

A serial killer dubbed China’s “Jack the Ripper” for the way he mutilated several of his 11 female victims was sentenced to death on Friday, three decades after the first murder. Gao Chengyong, robbed, sexually assaulted and ultimately murdered 11 female victims more than a decade ago, prosecutors from Baiyin City in northwest Gansu province said. He literally violated them “To satisfy his perverted desire to dishonour and sully corpses, many of his female victims' corpses were damaged and violated,” the court said in a post to its official Weibo social media account. A lead in the case came when police collected and tested the DNA of one of Gao's relatives over a separate minor crime, the China Daily said.

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Chongqing senior official sentenced to death with a reprieve
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chongqing senior official sentenced to death with a reprieve

China Daily  

Xiong Xue, former deputy mayor of Chongqing, was sentenced to death with a reprieve in the first instance on Tuesday, for illegally accepting over 148 million yuan in bribery. The Intermediate People's Court of Zhengzhou in Henan province pronounced the verdict that Xiong was sentenced to death for the crime of bribery, with a two-year reprieve, deprivation of political rights …

China executes notorious female ‘serial killer’ Lao Rongzhi: Report
1 year, 3 months ago

China executes notorious female ‘serial killer’ Lao Rongzhi: Report

Hindustan Times  

Lao Rongzhi, China’s notorious female serial killer, was executed by death penalty on Monday morning in Nanchang, East China’s Jiangxi Province, state-run Global Times reported. Lao Rongzhi, China’s notorious female serial killer. Last year, the Jiangxi Provincial High People's Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Lao for her involvement in the deaths of seven people. In addition to …

China’s ‘Jack the Ripper’ Gao Chengyong executed for rape and murder of 11 girls and women
6 years, 2 months ago

China’s ‘Jack the Ripper’ Gao Chengyong executed for rape and murder of 11 girls and women

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gao Chengyong, 54, became known as China’s “Jack the …

Inside China's capital punishment system of forced confessions and secret executions
6 years, 6 months ago

Inside China's capital punishment system of forced confessions and secret executions

ABC  

China likes to present itself as an alternative model to lead the world in development and governance, but critics say its justice system still has a very long way to go. "Our estimate, sourced from court judgement documents and related media reports, says 2,000 were given the death penalty in the last year," she said. Slumped over the gravestone and …

Court sentences caregiver to death
7 years, 11 months ago

Court sentences caregiver to death

China Daily  

An eldercare worker who admitted killing a 97-year-old man because she wanted to receive her salary quicker has been sentenced to death by a court in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Chen Yuping gave sleeping pills to the victim, identified only as Feng, and then strangled him as he lay unconscious just hours after she started work as his caregiver. The Guangzhou …

Chinese Man Files Appeal In Death Sentence For 116 Rapes
13 years, 11 months ago

Chinese Man Files Appeal In Death Sentence For 116 Rapes

India TV News  

Beijing, Apr 19: A Chinese farmer has appealed against the death sentence he was given for raping 116 women, a state-run newspaper said Tuesday. Dai Qingcheng, 46, was given the death penalty in December for raping the women between 1993 and 2009 in Anhui province in eastern China, the China Daily reported. Dai usually preyed on the wives of migrant …

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