Wu Xieyu was executed

　　China News Service, Fuzhou, January 31 (Zheng Jiangluo) A reporter learned from the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court on the 31st that on the same day, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court followed the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court and executed Wu Xieyu.

　　Recently, the Supreme People's Court made a ruling in accordance with the law on the defendant Wu Xieyu's death penalty review case for intentional homicide, fraud, and buying and selling identity documents, and approved Wu Xieyu's death sentence. During the review period, the Supreme People's Court interrogated the defendant in accordance with the law. Wu Xieyu entrusted a defense lawyer to defend him. 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 Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court sent Wu Xieyu the criminal ruling of the Supreme People's Court.

　　On the same day, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court followed the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court and executed Wu Xieyu. The Fuzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate dispatched personnel to conduct on-site supervision in accordance with the law. Before the execution, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court informed Wu Xieyu that he could apply to see his relatives, but Wu Xieyu did not apply.

　　The Supreme People's Court reviewed and confirmed that the defendant Wu Xieyu was pessimistic and world-weary, and had thoughts of suicide. After his father died of illness, he believed that his mother Xie's life had lost meaning. In the first half of 2015, he had the idea of ​​killing Xie and started shopping online. Tools of crime. At about 17:00 on July 10, 2015, Wu Xieyu took advantage of Xie's return home to change his shoes and repeatedly hit Xie's head and face with a dumbbell bar, causing Xie's death. Later, Wu Xieyu concealed the truth that Xie had been killed by him from his relatives and friends, and fabricated the idea that Xie accompanied him to study abroad. He defrauded his relatives and friends of 1.44 million yuan and squandered it on the grounds that he needed living expenses, tuition fees, proof of financial resources, etc. In order to avoid detection, Wu Xieyu purchased more than 10 identity documents to conceal his identity.

　　The Supreme People's Court held that the defendant Wu Xieyu deliberately and illegally deprived others of their lives, and his behavior constituted the crime of intentional homicide; for the purpose of illegal possession, he fabricated facts, concealed the truth, and defrauded others of their property, with a particularly huge amount, and his behavior constituted the crime of fraud. ; Purchasing multiple resident identity cards also constitutes the crime of buying and selling identity documents and should be punished in accordance with the law. The intentional homicide committed by Wu Xieyu was cruel, the circumstances were atrocious, the crime was extremely serious, it seriously violated human ethics, seriously trampled on the public's cognition and emotions, and caused extremely bad social impact; Wu Xieyu continuously committed intentional homicide and fraud , the crime of buying and selling identity documents is deeply subjective and vicious, and there is no sincerity in repentance, and should be punished in accordance with the law. The facts found 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 Fujian Higher People's Court in accordance with the law to uphold the first-instance sentence of defendant Wu Xieyu to death for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life; he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and fined RMB 10 Ten thousand yuan; for the crime of buying and selling identity documents, he was sentenced to three years in prison and fined RMB 3,000. It was decided to execute the death penalty, deprived of political rights for life, and fined RMB 103,000.

　　According to previous reports, Wu Xieyu was captured at Chongqing Jiangbei Airport in the early morning of April 20, 2019. On August 26, 2021, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court publicly pronounced the first-instance verdict on the defendant Wu Xieyu's intentional homicide, fraud, and buying and selling of identity documents in accordance with the law. He was sentenced to multiple crimes and sentenced to death. He was deprived of political rights for life and fined RMB 103,000.

　　In September 2021, Wu Xieyu appealed to the court. On March 21, 2022, the Fujian High Court held that during the second instance of the case, the case was ruled to be "suspended" due to "irresistible reasons". The second-instance trial of Wu Xieyu’s case will resume on May 19, 2023. On May 30, 2023, the Fujian Provincial Higher People's Court publicly announced the second instance verdict on Wu Xieyu's appeal for intentional homicide, fraud, and selling of identity documents. It ruled to reject the appeal and uphold the original verdict. (over)