China News Service quoted Malaysian Sin Chew Daily as saying that after a jury composed of eight women and three men found Noah Zula, 22, and her boyfriend Longjiang, 26, guilty of murdering Xie You in a house in the south of London where they lived, frist, a judge of the OldBailey Central Criminal Court, made a verdict. Noah Zula, 26,
Noazula, nicknamed "Princess", almost fainted in the defendant's column after hearing the verdict. She almost cried to the point of collapse and had to be helped by others to stand firm. Longjiang is a Vietnamese born in Northern Ireland. Because he has two criminal records of violent crimes, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison this time. In addition, he was convicted of obstructing justice for abandoning Xie Youou's body, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, but the sentence was executed at the same time.
Twenty-three-year-old Xie You lived in Lambert. She studied in England for five years and is the granddaughter of a famous poet in China. On April 9, 2007, at the Thames Pier in Sirte, Lott-Garonne, south London, several women found her headless and hands-free body in a laundry bag. The head and hands of the deceased were cut off. The garbage bag wrapped around the head was found near the floating corpse on June 8, and the dismembered hands have not been found so far.
The case was tried for 25 days. When frist was sentenced, Noah Zula actually showed remorse, that is, when she was arrested by the police, she admitted to slapping Xie Ou, and said that Xie Ou's death was a "mistake".
The judge also considered Noazula's good performance and no criminal record. Peter Kater, Noah Zula's defense lawyer, was disappointed with the verdict, and he may appeal.
During the trial, the British prosecutor pointed out that Noazula was a very possessive prostitute. She always regarded Longjiang as her "husband" and usually regarded herself as "the wife of Longjiang". Jealous of her boyfriend's possession of other women, she once threatened Xie Yiou with death by sending text messages on her mobile phone. The prosecutor pointed out that Noazula killed her because she was jealous of the relationship between Longjiang and Xie You.
Noah Zula and Longjiang denied killing Xie Youyou, but the prosecution said that although the house had been cleaned, the police still found Xie Youyou's blood in their bathroom. The strong evidence is that the sheets wrapped around Xie Youyou's body touched the beige carpet of the suspected murderer's house.