The next morning, Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao prepared the tools for the crime, but Ge called to say that due to car restrictions, he couldn't come. At this time, Zhang sent a text message urging Zhao Qilong to hurry up because her mother would be home soon. Zhang never expected that she was inviting wolves into her home. Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao temporarily decided to rob Zhang.
Yesterday, Ms. Li filed a civil claim against Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao for over 2.1 million yuan. Both expressed their willingness to compensate and hoped their families could pay on their behalf.
According to the prosecution, at around 10 o'clock on May 27th last year, the two defendants went to Zhang's home in Fengtai District of the city. They strangled Zhang by pressing her neck and suffocated her by blocking her mouth and nose, causing her death. When Ms. Li, Zhang's mother, entered the room, they threatened her with knives and robbed more than 7,000 yuan in cash, 5 bank cards, and mobile phones, among other items, causing Ms. Li to sustain minor injuries.
"You beasts!"
The mother of the deceased angrily cursed:
Yesterday morning, when Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao were brought into the courtroom, Ms. Li suddenly stood up and tried to hit the defendants while crying and shouting, "You are too cruel, give me back my daughter, you animals!" Several court police quickly stepped forward to stop her.
After committing the crime, Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao took a taxi away from the scene and split the 7,000 yuan on the car. Afterwards, they hid separately. That night, both were successively arrested. Zhao Qilong later confessed that he had conspired with Fu to commit theft.
Speaking of the motive for the robbery, Zhao Qilong said that Liang Hao mentioned his father was sick and needed surgery, while he himself owed more than 40,000 yuan in loans and couldn't repay it. Therefore, they decided to "pull off a big job." Initially, they planned to kidnap a man named "Ge" under the guise of doing business and then extort money from him.
Zhao Qilong said that because Ms. Li spoke loudly and attempted to escape under the pretense of getting water, Liang Hao stabbed her twice in the back, after which he also stabbed her twice in the left chest and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry."
At around 10 o'clock in the morning, the two arrived at Zhang's house and chatted for a while. Worried that Zhang might shout too loudly, the two then went downstairs to buy wide tape. On their way back, they agreed that if Zhang didn't give them money, they would kill her and then ask her mother for money, killing her as well if she refused.
■ Courtroom Scene
After re-entering the house, Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao, unsuccessful in obtaining money, exchanged glances and proceeded to kill Zhang. An hour later, Ms. Li, aged 40, returned home. Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao rushed out of the room, pointed knives at Ms. Li, and dragged her into the bedroom by her hair.
Courtroom scene. Chief photographer Wu Ning / Photo
■ Case Retrospective
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"I said, Auntie, I don't want to hurt you, I just want your money," Zhao Qilong said that he first took more than 200 yuan and two mobile phones from Ms. Li's bag, then continued demanding money. When Ms. Li refused, they smothered her with blankets. Later, Ms. Li gave them 7,000 yuan. The two then took Ms. Li's five bank cards and forced her to reveal the passwords.
On May 26th last year, Zhao Qilong and Liang Hao called Ge and arranged to meet the next day. That evening, Zhao Qilong met Zhang on QQ, a girl introduced to him by someone else two months ago, and asked if there was a rental apartment available. "I said someone owes me money, and I want to bring the person to the rental apartment to collect the debt," Zhao Qilong said. Zhang said her mother wouldn't be home in the morning, so they could go to her house, reminding them not to cause trouble.
Ms. Li said that if she had known her daughter had been killed in the bedroom, she would have fought them fiercely.
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Subsequently, during Liang Hao's trial, he emphasized that he had suffered a wrist fracture and couldn't exert much force. He purely came to embolden Zhao Qilong and followed all his instructions. He denied stabbing Ms. Li but was contradicted by her. Subsequently, the prosecutor read Liang Hao's previous confession, and Liang admitted his guilt.
An 18-year-old girl, Zhang, out of kindness allowed friends to bring people to her home to "collect debts," only to invite thieves into her home, resulting in her own murder and her mother being injured. Yesterday morning, two young unemployed men from Beijing were tried for robbery at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court. Facing the murderers, Zhang's mother attempted to beat them several times and demanded their lives in exchange for hers.
The murderers changed their target to the girl.
Their intended robbery target did not show up.
During the trial, when hearing the details of her daughter's murder, Ms. Li couldn't help but cry out and scold again, hitting the table with her hand. Seeing this, Zhao Qilong turned to her and said, "Auntie, hit me." "If I hit you, will my daughter come back? My daughter is my life!" Ms. Li became even more emotional. The judge had no choice but to have the court police temporarily take Zhao Qilong out of the courtroom.