On the morning of January 31, 2024, the Chongqing Municipal No. 5 Intermediate People's Court carried out the death sentences of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court.
Previously, ** obtained WeChat chat records related to the case between June 3 and November 2, 2020 from Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen from relevant channels, and these chat records recorded in detail the process of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen's conspiracy to commit the crime, as well as Zhang Bo's psychological change trajectory.
Original text of the court announcement
Recently, the Supreme People's Court made a ruling in accordance with the law on the review of the death penalty case of defendants Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen for intentional homicide, approving the death sentences of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen. During the review period, the Supreme People's Court interrogated the two defendants in accordance with the law. Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen entrusted a defense lawyer to defend themselves, 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 Chongqing Municipal No. 5 Intermediate People's Court delivered the Supreme People's Court's criminal ruling to Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen. On the morning of January 31, 2024, the Chongqing Municipal No. 5 Intermediate People's Court carried out the death sentences of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court. The Fifth Branch of the Chongqing Municipal People's Procuratorate is to appoint personnel to supervise the scene in accordance with law. The Chongqing Municipal No. 5 Intermediate People's Court arranged for Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen to meet with their close relatives before the enforcement.
The Supreme People's Court reviewed and confirmed: Defendant Zhang Bo concealed the fact that he was married and had children, and established an improper relationship with defendant Ye Chengchen. After Ye Chengchen learned about Zhang Bo's marriage and childbirth, he still continued to associate with Zhang Bo. In February 2020, Zhang Bo and his wife Chen Moumou divorced by agreement, agreeing that his daughter Zhang Moumou A (victim, died at the age of 2) would be raised by Chen Moumou, and his son Zhang Moumou (victim, died at the age of 1) would be raised by Zhang Bo until he was 6 years old and then raised by Chen Moumou, and Zhang Bo would pay Chen Moumou 800,000 yuan in alimony in installments. Ye Chengchen knew the content of the divorce agreement between Zhang Bo and Chen, but still regarded Zhang A and Zhang MouB as an obstacle to his marriage to Zhang Bo and a burden to live together in the future. For this reason, the two killed Zhang Mou A and Zhang Mou B many times, and decided to commit the crime by creating an accidental high fall. After that, Ye Chengchen urged Zhang Bo to commit the crime many times, and on the grounds that his family objected to the two living together because Zhang Bo had children, and would not meet and break up without solving the problem of the children, etc., he constantly urged and coerced Zhang Bo to kill people, and set a deadline for Zhang Bo. In order to facilitate the crime, Zhang Bo tricked Chen Moumou into sending Zhang Moumou to his home. On the afternoon of November 2, 2020, Zhang Bo took advantage of his mother's outings to hold the legs of Zhang Moujia and Zhang Mouyi, who were playing on the bay window sill of the second bedroom on the 15th floor, and lifted them out of the window, causing Zhang Moujia to die of head injury, and Zhang Mouyi's brain and multiple organs in the thorax and abdominal cavity caused respiratory and circulatory failure and died after rescue efforts failed.
The Supreme People's Court held that the defendants Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen intentionally and unlawfully deprived others of their lives, and their actions constituted the crime of intentional homicide. In joint crimes, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen played the same role as a whole, both played a major role, and were the principal offenders, and should be punished in accordance with all the crimes in which they participated. Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen regarded Zhang Bo's biological children as an obstacle to marriage, and jointly premeditated to kill two young children by creating an accidental high fall, causing the death of two young children, seriously challenging the bottom line of law and morality, the motive for the crime was extremely despicable, the circumstances were particularly heinous, the methods were particularly cruel, and the consequences and crimes were extremely serious, and should be punished in accordance with law. During the review period, Ye Chengchen's report and exposure of other people's crimes were not true after investigation, and did not constitute meritorious service in accordance with the 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 Chongqing Municipal High People's Court in accordance with law to uphold the first-instance sentence of the defendant Zhang Bo to death for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life; The criminal verdict that the defendant Ye Chengchen was sentenced to death for intentional homicide and deprived of political rights for life.
Timeline of the case
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