The father of the victim, holding materials such as "Wang Na is the ringleader among the main criminals and should be severely punished," would occasionally talk to people and other times focus on studying the speaking materials in court (as shown in the picture above)...
Yesterday morning at around 9 o'clock, a crowd gathered in front of the Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court in the Zhengdong New District. Some were whispering, others were talking loudly. The topic of discussion was a case of passion killing.
The father of the victim, with materials in hand like "Wang Na is the principal offender among the main criminals and should be severely punished," would occasionally talk to people and other times focus intently on studying the speaking materials in court...
In her second confession during the investigation phase, Wang said that Li had agreed to give Guo 600,000 yuan, "I said, it's just 600,000 yuan, I'll pay...". In subsequent confessions, Wang's statement changed to "Li proposed the murder," she disagreed at first, but when she agreed, "I thought Li was just talking." The statement about agreeing to pay 600,000 yuan became "Li said he would give Guo 600,000 yuan over two years."
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During the debate, Zuo's family and their legal representatives, along with Li's defense attorneys, had a "consensus": Li's initial confession should be credible, Wang was the actual financier, the method of killing was proposed by Wang, and after the incident, Wang gave Li 40,000 yuan. Li's role in the murder should be less than Wang's.
The public prosecutor reiterated that all three defendants are principal offenders, which was acknowledged by Zuo's family and their legal representatives. The public prosecutor pointed out one characteristic of this case when reading the indictment: hired killers committed the crime.
In the civil part attached to the criminal case, Zuo's family claimed that after the incident, Wang Na transferred and concealed assets. As the pillar of the family, with elderly parents over sixty who are weak and sickly, and two young children, Zuo Yijun's death has plunged his family into dire living conditions. Therefore, they requested a total compensation of 6 million yuan for seven items including death compensation and mental distress relief.
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All three defendants expressed apologies during their final statements.
The defense attorneys for the three defendants all raised mitigating circumstances and reasons for lighter sentencing.
During their escape, they encountered resistance from Zuo Yijun. Guo Hao then grabbed Zuo Yijun by the neck with both hands. Then Li Pengfei tightened a white T-shirt around the victim's neck until he died.
On June 22, 2011, Wang Na informed Li Pengfei that Zuo Yijun was playing cards outside that day. After confirming that Zuo Yijun was at a bathhouse on Yingxie Road, Li Pengfei called Guo Hao that night and, along with another person named Aduo, went to a neighborhood on Jingwu Road where Zuo Yijun lived, waiting for an opportunity to act.
Li Pengfei recruited defendant Guo Hao (a friend of Li) to jointly carry out the murder. Li Pengfei and Wang Na promised to pay Guo 600,000 yuan as a reward upon completion of the task. Following the location information provided by Wang Na regarding Zuo Yijun's movements, the two scouted places where Zuo Yijun frequently appeared and prepared tools for the crime, including an electric baton.
The prosecution's indictment listed three defendants, all residing in Zhengzhou. One is Li Pengfei, 28 years old, graduated from university; one is Wang Na, 37 years old, graduated from high school; one is Guo Hao, 27 years old, also graduated from university.
After committing the crime, the two dumped the vehicle and the victim's body near a construction site on Kexue Avenue, carrying away the victim's mobile phone, cigarettes, and over 7,000 yuan in cash before fleeing the scene. Among them, Guo Hao received 3,000 yuan. During their escape, they discarded the tools used in the crime and related items belonging to the victim, and squandered the cigarettes and cash.
During the trial, the three defendants legally enjoyed the right to self-defense and defense by their attorneys, while the audience learned some details of the case for the first time.
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Wang Na knelt down in court, crying and begging for forgiveness from Zuo's family: "I regret nothing but regret. I no longer have the face to face my in-laws or my own family, making the elderly send off the young. I feel unworthy of my parents' upbringing, unworthy of my children..."
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According to the evidence presented by the prosecutor, Li and Wang made four confessions and defenses during the police investigation stage; Guo made three confessions and defenses.
Wang Na defended herself by stating that she did not propose the murder, and the matter of the "600,000 yuan" had nothing to do with her. She said that her original admission of "I will pay 600,000 yuan" was because she didn't want to live anymore and wanted to take the blame. Wang's defense attorney raised objections to Li's several retractions.
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Li Pengfei's confession to the police also changed, with the proposer of the murder becoming Li himself. Li explained to the police at the time that he was angry because he thought Wang would be arrested first and betray him, so he shifted the responsibility onto Wang.
Li Pengfei was the second to be arrested. In his initial confession, he stated that Wang Na told him, "If you get rid of him, we can be together." Li also confessed, "While eating with Guo Hao, we discussed killing Zuo Yijun... Later, when I saw Wang Na, I told her that hiring someone would cost five or sixty thousand yuan, and Wang said 'this amount of money is no problem'," "Wang provided a photo of Zuo and his license plate number. Wang also said she didn't want her husband to die too quickly, (she wanted) a dignified death, not too painful..."
Zuo's family argued that there were no mitigating circumstances whatsoever.
Chief Reporter Liu Zhong, text and pictures
The first trial of this case will begin at 10 o'clock.
Prosecution accuses all three defendants as principal offenders
Who played the main role in the murder became the focus of the debate
People are full of questions about the details of this case and are concerned about the lives of the children left behind by the defendants and victims, as well as the futures of these yet-to-be adults.
When relatives of the victim appeared separately holding the victim's urn and portrait, people temporarily stopped their discussions.
The court did not render a verdict in the session.
The father of the victim, holding materials such as "Wang Na is the principal offender among the main criminals and should be severely punished," would occasionally talk to people and other times focus on studying the speaking materials in court...
At around 9 o'clock yesterday morning, a group of people gathered in front of the gate of the Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court in the Zhengdong New District. Some were whispering, others were talking loudly. The topic of discussion was a case of passion killing.
The prosecution accused all three defendants of being principal offenders.
Guo Hao's words were very brief: "Apologize to all families. Willing to accept any punishment."
Who played the main role in the murder became the focus of the debate.
During the trial, Li Pengfei reverted back to his initial confession, claiming that his retraction during the investigation phase was due to still having feelings for Wang and wanting to protect her. Now, he wants to restore the truth.
The prosecution found that since August 2010, defendant Li Pengfei and defendant Wang Na developed a lover relationship. They planned to divorce their respective spouses and then marry each other. After Li Pengfei divorced his wife, Wang Na failed to divorce the victim Zuo Yijun, so they conspired to murder Zuo Yijun.
At around 2 AM on June 23, when Zuo Yijun parked his white Guangben car by the roadside opposite the neighborhood, Li Pengfei and Guo Hao attempted to stun Zuo Yijun with an electric baton but met resistance. Li Pengfei then stomped violently on Zuo Yijun's head several times to knock him unconscious, and then the two carried Zuo Yijun into his car and fled the scene.
On October 19 last year, a forum on a website in Zhengzhou posted a thread titled "What crime does Wang Na commit by conspiring with her lover Li Pengfei to cruelly murder her husband Zuo Yijun?" It also mentioned that this case "has been a hot topic among the public recently." The post said that Wang Na was originally an employee of a state-owned enterprise in Zhengzhou. After marrying Zuo Yijun, she quit her job to stay home and enjoy life. Zuo Yijun operated an advertising company with an annual income of six or seventy thousand yuan, all handed over to Wang Na to manage, allowing her to live a heavenly life... The poster signed as "Public Outrage."
Upon her first interrogation, Wang Na confessed that because Li couldn't get divorced, he once "told me, he didn't want to live anymore, either let me kill him, or make my husband disappear. At the time, I disagreed... Until June 2011, we reached a consensus... One day, I kept providing Li with updates on my husband's whereabouts through phone calls... On the morning of June 23, Li called me and said: the mission is complete."
During the debate phase, the court summarized the focus of the debate: the roles and actions of the three defendants in the murder.
The arguments between Li and Guo and their defense attorneys focused on whose actions directly led to Zuo's death.