On the morning of December 25, the first-instance verdict of the "engagement case" in Datong, Shanxi Province, was announced, and the defendant was sentenced to 3 years in prison for the crime of **.
Ms. Zhen, a relative of the man and the defendant's mother, told reporters after the verdict was announced, "My son did not accept the verdict and appealed in court. ”
On the 4th day of the engagement, the girl reported the crime.
The man said that the woman received a bride price of 100,000 yuan and added her name to the house.
Ms. Zhen introduced that on May 1, under the witness of the intermediary, the 27-year-old son and the 24-year-old woman held an engagement banquet, and the man gave the girl half of the bride price of 100,000 yuan (the other half was paid when marrying) and a 72 grams of gold ring, she, her husband and son jointly pressed their fingerprints on the note, promising to add the woman's name to the real estate certificate of the marriage house with an area of more than 90 square meters after one year of marriage.
On the day of the engagement, the engagement bride price agreement signed by the two prospective couples with their signatures and fingerprints shows that if the man repents before the marriage, the engagement ring and the bride price of 100,000 yuan will not be returned by the womanIf the woman has repentance before marriage, the engagement ring and 100,000 yuan bride price must be returned to the man.
On May 2, according to local customs, the woman held a homecoming banquet. In the afternoon of the same day, the two prospective newlyweds returned to the marriage room to have sex.
On the same day, the woman asked my son to go home immediately and ask for the house book, add her name, and give her another 100,000 yuan bride price to be given when she got married. At that time, we didn't have that much money, and the house book was not in hand, so she was emotional and sued my son**.
Ms. Zhen told reporters that on the same day, the mother-in-law found the conversation with her son-in-law and recorded it, and asked for the name on the real estate certificate and the remaining 100,000 yuan as a bride price.
On the 4th day of the engagement, that is, on May 4, the girl reported to Yanggao County** that she was killed by a guy**.
Ms. Zhen said: "On May 4, I wrote a letter of guarantee in front of the police at the county public security bureau, promising to add her name. On May 5, the family got the house book back, but the woman said it was late and said that she didn't cherish her. ”
On May 5, Ms. Zhen's son was suspected of being taken away from the marriage room for investigation, and was later detained, and was prosecuted to the Yanggao County Court on June 26, and on August 24.
*More than 40 minutes to pronounce the sentence.
The man claimed that the defendant was guilty based on the woman's confession.
Ms. Zhen told a reporter from Huashang Daily Gale News that at half past 8 this morning in the Yanggao County Court, "it will take more than 40 minutes at most from ** to the verdict." ”
For example, the woman asked my son, and my son said, 'Engagement is an undeniable fact', and people say, 'My daughter is also an undeniable fact', and my son said 'um' and said that my son confessed. ”
Ms. Zhen made it clear: "My son did not accept the verdict, and when the judge asked my son, my son appealed in court. ”
From the judge's reading this morning, on the whole, we have heard that all of them are adopting the woman's statement. ”
Ms. Zhen said that the two lawyers appointed by the man were both in other places to attend the trial today, and neither was at the scene where the verdict was announced. "Lawyer Yin Qingli participated in the ** in Yunnan, and on the afternoon of December 21 last Thursday, the court suddenly notified that the verdict would be pronounced today, and our lawyers couldn't rush in. Lawyer Yin negotiated whether he could postpone it for a day, and he hurried over, but the court said no, and our lawyer was not present to announce the verdict. Our lawyer submitted 26 opinions to the court on November 28, but the court did not accept them. ”
I saw my son for the first time in 203 days.
He was all thin, and his face was so white that there was no blood at all."
From the arrest of her son in the case to the verdict on December 25, after 203 days, Ms. Zhen saw her son for the first time.
I finally saw my son in the courtroom, he was all thin, his face was so white that there was no blood at all, and I didn't know how much pressure he was under. ”
Ms. Zhen said: "My son and the woman have a marriage contract, and gave her a bride price of 100,000 yuan. ”
Ms. Zhen communicated with her lawyer and learned that on the day of the incident, after her son and the girl had sex in the marriage room, the girl also took a bath. "After they had a relationship, after the girl took a bath in the marriage room, she asked my son for a bride price and a name in the house, and my son told her that it was inappropriate, and she got angry. Yin Qingli, a well-known lawyer, confirmed to reporters that on November 28, he intervened in the defense, submitting a total of 26 applications and 1 withdrawal opinion, totaling more than 30,000 words.