Recently, the Supreme People's Court made a ruling in accordance with the law on the death penalty review case of the defendant Wu Xie Yu for intentional homicide, fraud, and buying and selling identity documents, and approved Wu Xie Yu's death sentence. During the review period, the Supreme People's Court interrogated the defendant in accordance with law. Wu Xie Yu entrusted a defense lawyer to defend him, and the defense lawyer reviewed the file materials, met with the defendant, and submitted defense opinions. The Supreme People's Court has conscientiously listened to and reviewed the defense opinions, fully safeguarding the procedural rights enjoyed by the defendants in accordance with law. The Intermediate People's Court of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, delivered the Supreme People's Court's criminal ruling to Wu Xieyu. On January 31, 2024, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court carried out the death sentence of Wu Xie Yu in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court. The Fuzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate dispatched personnel to supervise the scene in accordance with law. Before the execution, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court informed Wu Xie Yu that he could apply to meet with his relatives, but Wu Xie Yu did not apply.
The Supreme People's Court reviewed and confirmed: Defendant Wu Xie Yu was pessimistic and misanthropic and had suicidal thoughts, and after his father died of illness, he believed that his mother Xie XX's life had lost its meaning, and in the first half of 2015, he had the idea of killing Xie XX, and purchased tools for committing the crime online. At about 17 o'clock on July 10, 2015, Wu Xie Yu took advantage of Xie Moumou's home to change his shoes, and continuously slammed Xie Moumou's head and face with a dumbbell bar, causing Xie Moumou's death. Later, Wu Xie Yu concealed the truth that Xie Moumou had been killed by him from his relatives and friends, fabricated that Xie Moumou accompanied him to go abroad for exchange and study, and defrauded relatives and friends of 1.44 million yuan to squander it on the grounds that he needed living expenses, tuition fees, financial resources and other reasons. In order to evade detection, Wu Xie Yu purchased more than 10 identity documents to conceal his identity.
The Supreme People's Court held that the defendant Wu Xie Yu intentionally and unlawfully deprived others of their lives, and his conduct constituted the crime of intentional homicide; For the purpose of illegal possession, fabricating facts, concealing the truth, or defrauding others of property, the amount of which is particularly huge, and their conduct constitutes the crime of fraud; The purchase of multiple resident identity cards also constitutes the crime of buying and selling identity documents, and shall be punished concurrently in accordance with law. Wu Xie Yu's crime of intentional homicide was brutal, the circumstances were heinous, the crime was extremely serious, it seriously violated human ethics, seriously trampled on the public's cognition and emotion, and caused an extremely bad social impact; Wu Xie Yu continued to commit the crimes of intentional homicide, fraud, and buying and selling identity documents, and his subjective malice was deep, and he had no sincerity to repent, and should be punished in accordance with law. The facts ascertained in the first-instance judgment and second-instance judgment are clear, the evidence is credible and sufficient, the conviction is accurate, and the sentence is appropriate. The trial proceedings were lawful. Accordingly, the Supreme People's Court approved the Fujian Provincial High People's Court in accordance with law to uphold the first-instance sentence of the defendant Wu Xie Yu to death for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life; sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment and a fine of RMB 100,000 for fraud; He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 yuan for the crime of buying and selling identity documents, and it was decided to carry out the death penalty, deprivation of political rights for life, and a fine of 103,000 yuan.
[**Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court].
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