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Raisethefist.com: Gu Kailai set to hear fate over murder
Gu Kailai set to hear fate over murder
by anonymous Sun Aug 19 00:44:36 PDT 2012
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Chinese authorities will announce the verdict Monday morning in the murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Communist Party leader Bo Xilai, a friend of her family told CNN.
The Hefei Intermediate People's Court in eastern China, where Gu and former household aide Zhang Xiaojun were tried August 9 for allegedly poisoning a British businessman to death, will make the announcement at 9 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET Sunday), said the source, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.
Chinese courts usually hand down the sentence at the same time as a guilty verdict -- and Gu and Zhang are expected to be convicted of murder.
The conviction rate for first and second instance criminal trials in China stood at 99.9% in 2010, a U.S. State Department report said, citing the Chinese Supreme People's Court.
Gu has admitted to poisoning 41-year-old Neil Heywood last November in a hotel room in the southwestern city of Chongqing, blaming a "mental breakdown" for her actions.
The state-run Xinhua news agency offered details on what transpired during the seven-hour-long trial last week. That included a statement by Gu in which she not only didn't deny the accusations levied against her, but "accepted all the facts written in the indictment" -- including poisoning Heywood at a time when she thought her son's life was in danger.
"During those days last November, I suffered a mental breakdown after learning my son was in jeopardy," Gu, 53, said shortly before the trial concluded. "The tragedy, which was created by me, was not only extended to Neil, but also to several families."
Her alleged co-conspirator, Zhang, likewise admitted to his part in the crime and said he wanted to say "sorry" to the victim's family.
"I hope the court can give me a chance to take a new lease on life," Zhang said in the court in the eastern city of Hefei, according to the Xinhua report. "I really know that I did wrong."
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