China News Service, Nanchang, August 18th, question: Directly attack the second instance of the Lao Rongzhi case: Lao Rongzhi does not admit "intentional homicide"

　　Reporter Wang Xiujun Huashan Li Yunhan

　　On August 18, the second-instance trial of Lao Rongzhi's intentional homicide, robbery, and kidnapping case was held in Jiangxi Higher People's Court (hereinafter referred to as "Jiangxi Higher Court").

　　The Jiangxi Higher People's Court issued an announcement on the 15th saying that the case will be set up as an auditing court, and the public can apply for an audition through relevant methods.

　　At about 8 o'clock that day, the temperature in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province was close to 38 degrees Celsius, and the court was full of people. Many people who were concerned about the case spontaneously gathered outside the court to wait for the news of the trial. Some people who had applied for the hearing in advance entered the court as required to watch the real-time trial scene. broadcast.

On August 18, the second-instance trial of Lao Rongzhi's intentional homicide, robbery, and kidnapping case was held in Jiangxi Higher People's Court.

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Lao Rongzhi does not admit the crime of intentional homicide, the prosecution and the defense express their opinions on the relevant evidence

　　At 9:30, Lao Rongzhi entered the trial scene wearing an epidemic protective suit and led by the bailiff.

The reporter learned that in this trial, Lao Rongzhi's family changed his defense lawyer.

　　At the beginning of the trial, the prosecutor and Lao Rongzhi's defender expressed their opinions on the relevant content of the pretrial conference.

In the pretrial meeting, Lao Rongzhi and his defender did not apply for recusal and agreed to open the case for trial.

Lao Rongzhi and his defenders raised objections to the jurisdiction of the case, which were later dismissed by the court in accordance with the law.

　　A reporter from Chinanews.com saw from the court hearing that Lao Rongzhi was in good spirits, his words were clear and his speech speed was fast.

　　In the afternoon trial, the presiding judge of the case stated that the trial will mainly focus on "whether the evidence of intentional homicide determined by Lao Rongzhi in the first instance is sufficient", "Should Lao Rongzhi be identified as the principal or coercion" and "whether the sentencing in the first instance is sufficient?" Excessive weight” and many other issues were discussed.

　　"I don't admit that I committed the crime of intentional homicide, I only admit that I passively participated in the crime of kidnapping." Lao Rongzhi said many times at the court trial that he did not admit the crime of "intentional homicide", when talking about the process of interacting with Faziying , Lao Rongzhi covered his face and cried from time to time, his voice choked, expressing "regret being involved in such a thing".

　　The prosecution and the collegial panel questioned Lao Rongzhi respectively, and the defender questioned Lao Rongzhi. The prosecution believed that the confessions of Faziying and Lao Rongzhi, as well as the testimony of the witnesses, could prove that Lao Rongzhi was involved in the Nanchang extermination case and the Wenzhou case. The accomplice in the rental house murder case, Lao Rongzhi's previous confession contradicted his statement in court today.

On August 18, the second-instance trial of Lao Rongzhi's intentional homicide, robbery, and kidnapping case was held in Jiangxi Higher People's Court.

Photo by Wang Xiujun

Family members of both parties attended the trial

　　The reporter learned that Lao Rongzhi's second brother Lao Shengqiao and the Nanchang case victim Xiong Qiyi's younger brother Xiong Qizhong both attended the trial.

　　"If the original judgment of the first instance is upheld, the appeal will continue." Lao Rongzhi's second brother, Lao Shengqiao, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency after the trial that the court will make financial compensation to the victim's family if the relevant facts are clarified.

　　"Her expression was the same as last time (the scene of the first-instance trial), she was not nervous, and she still claimed to be the victim at the scene." Xiong Qizhong said that he and his family did not need financial compensation from Lao Rongzhi and his family, and only hoped that this time The second instance may uphold the first instance judgment.

Many people who were concerned about the case spontaneously gathered outside the court to wait for the hearing.

Photo by Wang Xiujun

Lao Rongzhi, who absconded for 23 years, was sentenced to death for three crimes in the first instance

　　According to previous news from the Nanchang Intermediate Court, from 1996 to 1999, Lao Rongzhi and Faziying (handled separately) conspired and had a clear division of labor. Nanchang, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Changzhou, Jiangsu, and Hefei, Anhui jointly committed intentional homicide, kidnapping, and robbery, resulting in seven deaths.

　　On November 28, 2019, Lao Rongzhi, a criminal suspect who had been absconding for 23 years, was arrested by the police in Xiamen City, Fujian Province.

　　On December 21, 2020, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province held a public hearing of the first instance to hear the defendant Lao Rongzhi's alleged crimes of intentional homicide, kidnapping, and robbery.

On September 9, 2021, the Nanchang Intermediate Court publicly pronounced the first instance judgment in the case of Lao Rongzhi.

The defendant, Lao Rongzhi, was convicted of intentional homicide, robbery, and kidnapping, and was sentenced to the death penalty, deprived of his political rights for life, and confiscated all his personal property.

　　The court of first instance held that the defendant Lao Rongzhi and others deliberately and illegally deprived the victim of his life, and his behavior constituted the crime of intentional homicide; for the purpose of illegal possession, he robbed the victim's property by violent and threatening means, and his behavior constituted the crime of robbery; Kidnapping a victim for the purpose of extorting property constitutes the crime of kidnapping.

Lao Rongzhi played a major role in the joint crime and was the principal offender, and should be punished according to all the crimes he participated in.

After Lao Rongzhi was brought to justice, he truthfully confessed the fact that he was kidnapped in Changzhou, which was a confession.

Lao Rongzhi intentionally murdered five people; robbery caused one death, the amount of robbery was huge, and there was a plot of robbery at home; kidnapping caused one death, and ransom of more than 70,000 yuan was extorted. The consequences and crimes are extremely serious and should be punished according to law.

Although there is a confession, it is not enough to give a lighter punishment.

Lao Rongzhi committed several crimes and should be punished jointly according to law.

The above judgment was made.

　　The second instance of the Lao Rongzhi case will continue on the 19th.

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