Couple kill man over 550,000 yuan
( 2003-10-24 17:09) (China Daily)
A 29-year-old married woman
and her lover, 23, were sentenced to death by Shanghai No 1 Intermediate
People's Court on Wednesday for killing a man to whom they owed money, Wenhui
Daily reports.
Wang Jie abandoned her husband and family to move in with Gao Weiguang in
2001. In June of that year, she borrowed 550,000 yuan (US$66,450) from Zhang
Huafa, her cousin's husband.
Wang and Gao squandered the money travelling. They decided to kill Zhang when
they realized they could not repay the debt.
In late 2002, Zhang asked Gao to hire hitmen on two different occasions but
both murder attempts failed.
The pair killed Zhang themselves in January at Zhang's
home.
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