A couple from China was executed after a horrific case of family violence that had maximum public impact in the country: the father of the family He had killed his two young children after throwing them from a balcony on the 15th floor of his building., because his new girlfriend considered them a “burden on their future together.” The Justice resolved his death sentence in 2021 and this Wednesday it was learned that the couple was finally executed.
Father Zhang Bo and his girlfriend Ye Chengchen went sentenced to death in 2021, accused of devising and carrying out a macabre plan against Zhang Bo’s two childrenwho were victims of fatal falls from the 15th floor of a residential tower in Chongqing, southwest China.
Sentenced to death and executed. Source: Daily mail.
Zhang, the father of both children, had begun an affair with Ye, who initially did not know that he was married and had children.
The woman allegedly urged Zhang to kill her two childrenbecause she saw them as “obstacles” to their marriage and also considered them a “burden on their future life together,” the Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People’s Court stated in a statement.
In accordance with Daily mailthey have not yet specified how the couple was executed, but The most common method in China is lethal injection.
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Two children thrown from the 15th floor
In November 2020, Zhang threw her two little ones (her two-year-old daughter Zhang Ruixue and one-year-old son Zhang Yangrui) out of the apartment window. The main suspect immediately ran down the stairs and appeared apparently “distressed” by what had just happened.
The man was even filmed banging his head against the wall and crying uncontrollably, a circumstance that prosecutors in the case said was a farce.
The father of the deceased children claimed at that time that he was asleep when the children fell out of the window and said that he woke up to the neighbors’ screams after discovering the bodies on the grass.
The little girl died instantly, while the baby died shortly after due to his serious injuries.
The testimony of a devastated mother: “I couldn’t find words to describe my feelings”
Chen Meilin, the children’s mother, told local media that Zhang asked to take care of her daughter the day he killed them both, even though the former couple shared custodywith the mother taking care of the girl and the father of the boy.
Chen added that Zhang killed his children after his girlfriend slit her wrists: “At that time, Zhang was on a video call with Ye. He cut his wrists and then Zhang got scared.”
“He dropped the phone, picked up the two children and threw them from the balcony,” Zhang Bo’s ex explained.
According to local media, the father admitted that he and Ye They had conspired to kill the children in order to start a new familywithout any children from his previous marriage.
The suspect’s ex-wife gave shocking testimony: “The moment I heard that my children were thrown from the 15th floor by their father and his loverI couldn’t find words to describe my feelings.”
“I couldn’t imagine what my children had experienced from the 15th floor to the ground. Would they be desperate? Would they be afraid?” the mother insisted.
In turn, Chen Meilin stated that her ex-husband cried in court and apologized for his actions, while His lover repeatedly denied the accusations against him.
Both were found guilty of conspiring “to kill their daughter and minor son by simulating an accidental fall from the 15th floor of their apartment building,” the outlet reported last year. China Dailysupported by the State.
The couple was sentenced to death in December 2021 and executed todayaccording to the Court.
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China, a silent state that executes death sentences
The truth is that China keeps the data associated with the application of the death penalty secret, although the human rights group Amnesty International estimates that the country is the “largest executor in the world“with thousands executed and sentenced to death year after year.
Strict sentences are often handed down for crimes ranging from drug trafficking to corruption and murder, with the lethal injection the most common method of execution to kill the condemned.
Zhang and Ye’s crime caused shock throughout China due to its cold-blooded premeditation, as well as the youth of the victims, in a state of absolute defenselessness.
The executions of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen quickly became trending topics on Chinese social media site Weibo, receiving nearly 200 million views during the day.
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