Civil case in Dalian 13-year-old boy murdering 10-year-old girl case today: the defendant is absent
The civil lawsuit in the case of the murder of a 10-year-old girl by a 13-year-old boy in Dalian opened in the morning of May 9 in the People ’s Court of Shahekou District, Dalian. The trial ended at 11:00 am on the 9th. Surging News (www.the paper.cn) learned from the murdered girl Xiaoqi (pseudonym) mother He Meiling that none of the defendants' Cai family members appeared in court, and the current civil litigation has ended. , The court will choose sentencing.
The lawyer representing the victim ’s family, Tian Shenjun, told Peng Pai News that the main claims of this civil lawsuit are civil compensation and apology. The compensation items include death compensation, funeral expenses, mental damage compensation, consolation payments and lost work fees. More than one million yuan. He Meiling said that in addition to compensation, she hopes to get an apology from the family members of the perpetrators.
Surging News previously reported that on October 20, 2019, a 13-year-old Dalian boy, Cai Moumou, will live in the same community as a 10-year-old girl Xiao Qi, killing him, and throwing corpses into the bushes. Later, because Cai Moumou did not reach the age of legal criminal responsibility, the police did not pursue criminal responsibility according to law, and took him up for 3 years.
After the event was reported by the media, Xiao Qi's death also aroused heated discussions in the cyberspace around the topic of the Protection of Minors Act on whether the age of imprisonment should be lowered, and whether the accommodation and education are effective.
However, after the heat passed, the doubts in the victim's parents remained unsolved.
In December 2019, the He Meiling couple submitted materials to the Dalian City People's Procuratorate, requesting the official announcement of the investigation results and responding to their questions about the details of the crime and whether the offending parents were involved.
In response to the criminal process, in October 2019, the relevant person in charge of the Dalian Public Security Bureau once told Peng Mei News that Cai Moumou ’s parents did not participate and there was no shelter. The person in charge also stated that the victims and perpetrators of the case were not Adults, according to the "Law on the Protection of Minors", the specific details of the case are inconvenient to disclose to the outside world, "From the acceptance and handling of cases to the decision to receive a three-year admission and upbringing, the entire process is strictly in accordance with the regulations."
Four weeks after submitting the materials, the He Meiling couple who did not receive any reply came to the Shahekou District People's Court in Dalian to formally file a civil lawsuit on January 3. He Meiling told Peng Mei News that their appeal was mainly for compensation and apology. After the incident, Cai Moumou ’s family never showed up and did not express an apology in any form. This made her angry, "there is no minimum morality."
Affected by the epidemic, the case was held at the Shahekou District Court at 9 am on May 9. The case was not heard in public because of the privacy of minors. According to Tian Shenjun, the accused did not appear in court and the trial is still proceeding normally. Surging News learned that Article 144 of the Civil Procedure Law stipulates that if the defendant refuses to appear in court without a valid reason after being subpoenaed, or if he withdraws from the court without permission of the court, the court may make a judgment in absentia.
Tian Shenjun said that as of 11 o'clock on the 9th, part of the civil lawsuit has been concluded, and will wait for the court to choose a sentence. He Meiling said that it had been half a year since the incident happened and Xiao Qi ’s body was still stored in the funeral home and had not been cremated. She hoped that the court could pronounce the sentence as soon as possible and get justice for her daughter as soon as possible.
Surging News reporter Wei Jiaming