On the afternoon of May 15, 2015, the Intermediate People’s Court of Wuhu City, Anhui Province publicly announced the verdict of the first instance of Wu Qingyuan’s rape case. Wu Qingyuan was sentenced to death for rape and deprived of political rights for life.
The court held that the defendant Wu Qingyuan violated the will of the woman and used violent means to force sexual relations with the victim Han, and caused the death of the victim during the rape. The criminal method was extremely cruel and the consequences of the crime were extremely serious. Should be severely punished according to law. The court determined that defendant Wu Qingyuan's behavior constituted rape, sentenced him to death, and deprived him of his political rights for life. However, because there was no evidence to prove that he had a motive for intentional homicide, the charge of intentional homicide charged by the public prosecution was not supported. In addition, in response to the 1.47 million yuan civil compensation request submitted by Yu Yingsheng and his family to the defendant, the court finally ordered Wu Qingyuan to pay 5.2 million yuan in compensation. Yu Yingshi attended the sentencing meeting that day. Regarding the verdict, Yu Yingshi's attorney Li Renting said that Yu Yingshi himself was quite satisfied. Regarding the amount of civil compensation, Yu Yingshi and his family have not yet stated whether they will appeal. Li Rentang also said that the relevant departments have launched an investigation into the illegal behavior, and there will still be some time left, and the parties involved hope to announce the results as soon as possible. Wu Qingyuan did not indicate in court whether he would appeal.
On January 15, 2016, the second-instance ruling rejected the appeal and upheld the original death sentence.