China News Service, January 31 (Xinhua) According to the Chongqing Higher People's Court's WeChat official account, the Supreme People's Court recently made a ruling in accordance with the law on the review case of defendants Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen's death penalty for intentional homicide, and approved the death penalty of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen. During the review period, the Supreme People's Court interrogated the two defendants in accordance with the law. Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen entrusted a defense lawyer to defend themselves. The defense lawyer reviewed the file materials, met with the defendant, and submitted defense opinions. The Supreme People's Court carefully listened to and reviewed the defense opinions and fully protected the defendant's legal rights to litigate. The Fifth Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing City served Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen with the criminal ruling of the Supreme People's Court. On the morning of January 31, 2024, the Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People’s Court followed the execution order issued by the Supreme People’s Court and executed Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen. The Fifth Branch of the Chongqing Municipal People's Procuratorate dispatched personnel to conduct on-site supervision in accordance with the law. The No. 5 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing arranged for Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen to meet with their close relatives before the execution.
The Supreme People's Court reviewed and confirmed that the defendant Zhang Bo concealed the fact that he was married and had children, and established an improper relationship with the defendant Ye Chengchen. After Ye Chengchen learned about Zhang Bo's marriage and childbirth, he continued to date Zhang Bo. In February 2020, Zhang Bo and his wife Chen Moumou agreed to divorce, agreeing that their daughter Zhang Moumou (victim, 2 years old at the time of death) would be raised by Chen Moumou, and their son Zhang Moumou (victim, 1 year old at the time of death) would be raised by Zhang Bo until 6 years old. After the age of 18, she was brought up by Chen Moumou, and Zhang Bo paid an alimony of 800,000 yuan to Chen Moumou in installments. Ye Chengchen knew the contents of the divorce agreement between Zhang Bo and Chen, but still regarded Zhang A and Zhang B as obstacles to his marriage to Zhang Bo and a burden on their future life together. For this reason, the two conspired to kill Zhang A and Zhang B many times, and decided to commit the crime by causing accidental falls. After that, Ye Chengchen repeatedly urged Zhang Bo to commit the crime. His family members objected to the two living together because Zhang Bo had a child, and they would not meet or break up until the child's problem was solved. He constantly urged and threatened Zhang Bo to commit murder, and gave Zhang Bo a final limit. time limit. In order to facilitate the crime, Zhang Bo tricked Chen into sending Zhang A to his home. On the afternoon of November 2, 2020, Zhang Bo took advantage of his mother to go out and hugged the legs of Zhang A and Zhang B who were playing on the bay window sill of the second bedroom on the 15th floor and lifted them out of the window, causing Zhang A to suffer a head injury. Zhang died of injuries, and Zhang Yi died of respiratory and circulatory failure due to injuries to his head, brain, chest and abdominal cavity and multiple organs.
The Supreme People's Court held that defendants Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen deliberately and illegally deprived others of their lives, and their actions constituted intentional homicide. In the joint crime, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen have generally equal status and role. They both play a major role and are the principal offenders. They should be punished according to all the crimes they participated in. Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen regarded Zhang Bo's biological children as an obstacle to marriage, and jointly planned to kill two children by causing an accidental fall from a height, seriously challenging the legal and moral bottom line. The criminal motives were extremely despicable, the plot was particularly bad, and the methods were particularly cruel. , the consequences and crimes are extremely serious and should be punished in accordance with the law. During the review period, Ye Chengchen reported and exposed other people's crimes, which was found to be untrue and did not constitute meritorious service according to law. The facts identified in the first-instance judgment and the second-instance ruling were clear, the evidence was reliable and sufficient, the conviction was accurate, and the sentence was appropriate. The trial procedure was legal. Accordingly, the Supreme People's Court approved the Chongqing Higher People's Court in accordance with the law to uphold the death sentence of defendant Zhang Bo for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life in the first instance; and the death sentence of defendant Ye Chengchen for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life. criminal adjudication.