Serial rapist gets death penalty in Anhui
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-12-04 16:30
HEFEI -- Shi Jidong, a farmer from Dingyuan, a county in east China's Anhui
Province, has been sentenced to death after being convicted of raping three
girls and attempting to rape six more.
Shi was also deprived of his
political rights for life in accordance with a ruling handed down by the
Intermediate People's Court of Chuzhou.
The court was told that between
February 22 and April 3 this year, Shi, 28, a rural resident in Tianhe township,
stalked and raped three girls from the same local middle school.
He also
attempted to rape six more but failed to do so, the court heard.
A
spokesman for the Intermediate People's Court of Chuzhou confirmed that a
13-year-old girl was among the three girls raped by Shi but declined to give
details about the other two victims.
Chinese criminal law states that a
convicted rapist should be sentenced to three to ten years in prison, but a more
severe penalty, including the death sentence, could be handed down if the
defendant is found guilty of raping a girl below the age of 14.
The
spokesman defended the court's ruling by saying that Shi was given the
maximum penalty due to the huge impact his crimes have had on the local
community.
It is not yet known whether or not Shi plans to
appeal.
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