China News Service, Chongqing, December 16th (Yinxue, Yang Junxiang, Chen Shengyou) During their cohabitation period, due to the woman demanding a breakup, the man out of spite poisoned her entire family of three, resulting in one death. On the 15th, the reporter learned from the Third Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing Municipality that the court publicly announced its verdict on the intentional homicide case triggered by a romantic dispute. The defendant, Ye Xingyong, was found guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, with his political rights deprived for life.
According to the introduction, Ye Xingyong, 36 years old this year, lives in Heshun Township, Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality. In early 1998, Ye Xingyong started dating Tang Li through an introduction by others and moved into her home to live. Tang Li had been living with her son Yu Qiang and her parents ever since her husband died in 1995.
In the second half of 1999, Tang Li and Ye Xingyong had conflicts over family trivial matters. Tang Li asked Ye Xingyong to leave her home. After Ye Xingyong's plea through intermediaries was still rejected by Tang Li, he developed malicious intent to kill.
On the evening of December 9, 1999, Ye Xingyong climbed a wooden ladder from behind Tang Li's house and entered her kitchen, where he put tetramine into the chili container. The next morning, after Tang Li's whole family ate chili fish mint (commonly known as "zhe'er gen") containing tetramine, Tang Li's five-year-old son Yu Qiang died, her mother sustained serious injuries, and Tang Li and her father were poisoned.
After deliberation by the court, it was believed that Ye Xingyong intentionally killed people using poison, constituting the crime of intentional homicide. His crimes were extremely serious, and he deserved the death penalty. However, as the case was triggered by a romantic dispute, and Ye Xingyong showed a good attitude of confession and remorse after being apprehended, the court legally decided not to immediately execute Ye Xingyong and made the above judgment accordingly.