The Intermediate People's Court of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province found in the first instance that between 1996 and 1999, the defendant Lao colluded with France and Britain (who had been executed), and Lao engaged in escort service in entertainment places to find the target of the crime, and France and Britain committed violence. The two men successively committed four crimes, including robbery, kidnapping and intentional homicide, in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province and Hefei City, Anhui Province, resulting in the death of seven victims. After the incident, Rong Zhi Sr. absconded for a long time under aliases such as "Shirley", and was arrested and brought to justice by the public security organs on 2019165438+1October 28th. Nanchang Intermediate People's Court found the defendant guilty of intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping, and decided to execute the death penalty, deprive him of his political rights for life and confiscate all his personal property.
After the verdict, Rong Zhi Sr appealed. The Jiangxi Higher People's Court heard the case in public from August 6, 2038 to August 20, 2022. The facts ascertained in the second instance are consistent with those ascertained in the first instance. The Higher People's Court of Jiangxi Province held that in the crime of intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping, Rong Zhi Sr. actively carried out acts such as searching, cheating, binding, guarding, threatening the victim, stepping on the spot, withdrawing money, buying tools for committing crimes, etc., and had a clear division of labor with France and Britain, and cooperated with each other to form a * * *, with strong independence and obvious effects. These two men have committed many crimes for four years. There is no evidence that old Rong Zhi was subjected to mental control and coercion by Fa Ying. Old Rong Zhi also played a major role in the joint crime of * * *, and should be recognized as the principal offender according to law.
The Jiangxi Higher People's Court held that the appellants Lao Rong Zhi and Fa Ying deliberately and illegally deprived others of their lives, which constituted the crime of intentional homicide; Whoever robs another person's property by violence or threat for the purpose of illegal possession constitutes robbery; Kidnapping others for the purpose of extorting property constitutes the crime of kidnapping. Old Rong Zhi's combined punishment for several crimes should be punished according to law. Old Rong Zhi and France and Britain deliberately killed five people; Robbery caused one death, and it was burglary, and the amount of robbery was huge; Kidnapping causes one person to die, the circumstances of the crime are particularly bad, the means are particularly cruel, the consequences and crimes are extremely serious, the subjective malignancy is deep, and the social harm is great, so it should be severely punished according to law. Lao and his defense lawyer mentioned that Lao does not constitute the crime of intentional homicide, but is an accessory and coerced accessory, which is inconsistent with the facts ascertained in the second instance and has no basis in the law and will not be adopted according to law. The facts ascertained in the judgment of first instance are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, the conviction is accurate and the sentence is appropriate. The trial procedure is legal. The ruling dismissed the appeal and upheld the original judgment. The ruling on the death penalty of old Rong Zhi was submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval according to law.
In the trial of the second instance, the court guaranteed the litigation rights of the appellant Rong Zhi Sr and his defense lawyer according to law. Defense lawyers attended the verdict in court, and some relatives, some NPC deputies, CPPCC members, some media reporters and people from all walks of life attended the verdict online or offline.
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Old Rong Zhi was born in 1974, graduated from Jiujiang Normal School at the age of 18, and was assigned to Jiujiang Petroleum Branch Children's School. After working as a teacher for a year, the beautiful old Rong Zhi met a married woman, Fa Ying, who was 10 years older than her.
1996, old Rong Zhi left Jiujiang with Faying after leaving his post without pay. These two men fled many places and participated in the murder of seven people. Fa Ziying was arrested while committing a crime in Hefei and was shot on February 28th. 1999. Old Rong Zhi absconded for 20 years, underwent plastic surgery for many times, and engaged in the sales industry during this period. He used to sell drinks in a bar in Xiamen, Fujian Province to earn a commission, and later he was caught selling brand-name watches for his friends in a shopping mall.
1999 12.28, evil faying was executed. According to Xin' an Evening News
According to the news released by the Nanchang City Procuratorate, the prosecution accused the defendant Lao Rong Zhi of having a relationship with Faziying (handled separately). From 1996 to 1999, the two conspired and the division of labor was clear. Old Rong Zhi worked as an escort in entertainment places (commonly known as "sitting on the stage") to find rich people to commit crimes, and successively committed crimes such as robbery, kidnapping and intentional homicide in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province and Hefei City, Anhui Province. Among them, the criminal facts in Changzhou were discovered by the procuratorial organs in the stage of intervening in investigation and guiding evidence collection, and were not recognized by the original investigation organs.
According to the public prosecution opinion of Nanchang Procuratorate, the defendant, Lao Rong Zhi, is the principal offender of a series of crimes, and his criminal means are extremely cruel, with extremely serious criminal consequences and great social harm. Its subjective malignancy is extremely deep, so it should bear corresponding criminal responsibility for intentional homicide, kidnapping and robbery.
In the face of the accusation of the procuratorate, Rong Zhi Sr and his defenders did not make too many excuses about the criminal facts involved in the crime of robbery and kidnapping, but denied the circumstances that caused the victim's death and the accusation of intentional homicide by the procuratorate.
On September 9th, 20021,the old Rong Zhi case was publicly pronounced. According to Oriental IC
During the trial from June 5438 to February 2020, Rong Zhi Sr repeatedly stressed that he only participated in the crime under the coercion of FaYing Ying, and he was also a victim rather than a beneficiary. In her life with Faziying, she was controlled and coerced by Faziying, which led to many miscarriages. At the age of 36, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, missed her death and had a sunken skull. Illegally acquired property was also temporarily kept by her, and in some cases, she only cooperated with France, and she did not foresee the criminal consequences of murder.
On August 17, 2022, Zhu Dahong, the wife of Lu Zhongming, one of the victims of the Hefei case, told the Red Star journalist that she did not appeal after the judgment of the first instance, so she did not receive the notice of the second instance from the court. She won't go to the scene this time, but she said, "I believe in the law."