China News Service, Qinzhou, December 28 (Reporter Yang Chendi and Li Qiang) On December 28, the High People’s Court of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued a public sentence on the rape case of defendant Yang Guangyi who ordered a retrial by the Supreme People’s Court: revoking the original second-instance judgment and changing the sentence Yang Guangyi was sentenced to death, deprived of political rights for life, and submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
On October 4, 2018, 10-year-old Xiao Yanzi was stabbed in the eyes and neck with a knife and raped by Yang Guangyi, a 29-year-old villager from the same village on his way home from selling his own passion fruit.
After the violence, Yang Guangyi took away the 32 yuan from the little swallow selling passion fruit, put the little swallow in a snake skin bag, threw the little swallow into a puddle and soaked, and then threw his body on a hillside.
The picture shows Xiao Yanzi’s mother Chen Liyan pointing to the bamboo forest where her daughter was killed.
Photo by Edison Chen
It was identified that during the process of being raped, the gastric contents of Swallow flowed back into the trachea and bronchi. The trachea was pierced by a sharp instrument. Blood vessels around the trachea were damaged and bleeding. The blood flowed directly into the trachea and bronchus, causing the Swallow to mechanically suffocated and died.
On October 6, 2018, Yang Guangyi surrendered.
In July 2019, the Qinzhou Intermediate People’s Court of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the court of first instance, held that Yang Guangyi’s criminal motives were extremely despicable, the methods were extremely cruel, the circumstances were extremely bad, the consequences were extremely serious, and the social impact was great; although he surrendered, according to Yang Guangyi’s crimes, The nature and circumstances, and the degree of harm to society, decided not to give him a lighter punishment and sentenced the defendant Yang Guangyi to rape, sentenced to death, and deprived of political rights for life.
The picture shows Little Swallow's mother Chen Liyan.
Photo by Edison Chen
Yang Guangyi appealed against the judgment.
In March 2020, the High People’s Court of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the Court of Second Instance, based on Yang Guangyi’s surrender and other specific circumstances, commuted him to the crime of rape, sentenced him to death with a two-year reprieve, deprived him of political rights for life, and restricted his sentence reduction.
The result of the revision of the case has aroused heated public opinion.
On May 10, the Supreme People's Court of China decided to review the case's final judgment.
During the period, Xiao Yanzi's family filed a complaint.
On November 11, after reviewing the files, the Supreme People's Court instructed the Guangxi High Court to form a separate collegiate panel to retrial the case.
On December 15, the Guangxi Higher People's Court conducted a closed court hearing against Yang Guangyi, the perpetrator of the Qinzhou Passion Fruit case, in accordance with the trial supervision procedures.
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