According to Xinhua News Agency, on January 31,The two defendants in the "Chongqing Sister and Brother Falling Death Case" Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen were executed by the court.
Previously reported
According to the Chongqing Municipal High Court, on the morning of May 11, 2023, the Chongqing Municipal High People's Court publicly pronounced the second-instance verdict in the case of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen's intentional homicide appeal.
The Chongqing Municipal No. 5 Intermediate People's Court found in the first instance:During the marriage, Zhang Bo established an improper relationship with Ye Chengchen. In February 2020, Zhang Bo and Chen Moumou divorced, and Ye Chengchen knew that Zhang Bo's children Zhang Moumou A and Zhang Moumou B would be raised by Chen Moumou, but still regarded them as an obstacle to his marriage to Zhang Bo. Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen conspired to kill Zhang Moujia and Zhang MouB by causing an accidental high fall. After that, Ye Chengchen urged and forced Zhang Bo to commit the crime many times, and set the time limit for committing the crime. At about 15:30 on November 2, 2020, Zhang Bo threw Zhang Moujia and Zhang Mouyi, who were playing on the bay window sill of the second bedroom, from the bay window downstairs with their legs together, causing their deaths.
The Chongqing Municipal No. 5 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen to death for intentional homicide and deprived them of their political rights for life.
Zhang Bo (right) and Ye Chengchen (data map).
After the verdict was announced, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen appealed.
The Chongqing High People's Court held a public hearing on April 6, 2023. The facts ascertained through the trial are consistent with those of the first instance.
The Chongqing Municipal High People's Court held that the acts of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen constituted the crime of intentional homicide. Zhang Bo directly committed the homicide, and Ye Chengchen was more active in deciding to kill the two children, committing the crime by causing an accidental high fall, urging Zhang Bo to commit the murder, and pursuing the death of the murdered child. Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen disregarded the laws of the country, seriously challenged the bottom line of law and ethics, and trampled on social conscience, and their motives for committing the crime were particularly despicable, the methods of committing the crime were particularly cruel, the circumstances of the crime were particularly heinous, the consequences of the crime were extremely serious, the subjective malice was extremely deep, and the social impact was extremely bad, and they should be severely punished in accordance with law.
Zhang Bo, Ye Chengchen, and their defenders submitted that Zhang Bo did not commit homicide, Ye Chengchen did not coerce and urge Zhang Bo to commit the crime, and that the original sentence was too heavy and other reasons for appeal and defense opinions were inconsistent with the facts ascertained in the second review, and were not accepted in accordance with law. The facts ascertained in the first-instance judgment are clear, the evidence is credible and sufficient, the conviction is accurate, the sentence is appropriate, and the trial procedures are lawful. The appeal was dismissed and the original judgment was upheld. The death sentences of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen were reported to the Supreme People's Court for approval in accordance with law.
During the second-instance trial, the court protected the procedural rights of appellants Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen and their defense lawyers in accordance with the law. The defense lawyer appeared in court to attend the sentencing. Relatives of the victims, relatives of the defendants, ** reporters, deputies to the National People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and representatives of the masses observed the announcement of the verdict.