On February 19, 2013, the Beijing Haidian Branch received a call from a woman saying that on the evening of February 17, she was gang-raped in a hotel after drinking with Li Tianyi and others in a bar in Haidian District. . On March 7, 2013, Li Tianyi and others were arrested in accordance with the law on suspicion of gang rape. On July 8, the Beijing Haidian District People's Procuratorate filed a public prosecution against Li Tianyi and others in the Haidian District People's Court on suspicion of rape. Li Tianyi and others were formally tried in the 17th Courtroom of the Haidian Court. Haidian District People's Court. At 9:30 a.m. on August 28, 2013, the case of Li Tianyi and others suspected of rape was officially opened in the 17th Courtroom of Haidian Court.
At 9:00 on November 27, 2013, Li Tianyi’s case was publicly pronounced in accordance with the law at the Xicheng District No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. The second instance ruling dismissed the appellant’s appeal and upheld the original judgment.
Case analysis: Li’s rape case has attracted great attention from all walks of life after being reported by the media. All walks of life expressed their views on the case through the Internet, newspapers, television and other platforms. Netizens expressed their views on Weibo, forums and other platforms. The overwhelming majority of these views was: Li must be sentenced harshly. If not, A heavy sentence would be a blasphemy against the law, a failure of justice, etc.
According to the official Weibo of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, "Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court" reported that the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court today made a public verdict on the rape appeal case of Li Moumou and five others. The second instance ruling dismissed the appellant’s appeal and upheld the original judgment.
On the morning of September 26, the Haidian Court pronounced the first instance verdict on the case. The court sentenced defendant Zhang to 10 years in prison for rape; Wang (adult) to 12 years in prison and deprived of political rights for 2 years; Wei (brother) to 4 years in prison; and Zhang to 3 years in prison and suspended for 5 years. Years; Wei (younger brother) was sentenced to 3 years in prison and suspended for 3 years.
After the verdict of the first instance was pronounced, the defendant Li Moumou and his legal representative, the defendant Wang Moumou, appealed. At 9 a.m. on the 19th, the second instance of the case was heard behind closed doors in the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, and the trial lasted for more than 12 hours.
When the second trial was held, the defender of the appellant Li Moumou still insisted on the defense opinion of innocence. Li Moumou and his mother Meng Ou expressed their agreement with the defender's opinion. The defender of another appellant, Wang Moumou, also insisted on a not guilty plea.
The other three defendants in this case stated in court that they insisted on their confessions in the first instance. Except for the defender of Wei Moumou (brother), who requested the court to change the sentence and declare a suspended sentence, the defenders of the other two defendants in the original trial had no objection to the first-instance verdict. Lawyer Tian Canjun, the litigation attorney of the victim Ms. Yang, said that she recognized the first-instance judgment and recommended that the second-instance judgment be upheld.