Beijing News According to the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court, recently, the Supreme People's Court made a ruling in accordance with the law in the review case of defendant Lao Rongzhi's death penalty for intentional homicide, robbery, and kidnapping, and approved Lao Rongzhi's death penalty. During the review period, the Supreme People's Court interrogated the defendant in accordance with the law. Lao Rongzhi entrusted a defense lawyer to defend him. The defense lawyer reviewed the file materials, met with the defendant, and submitted defense opinions. The Supreme People's Court carefully listened to and reviewed the defense opinions and fully protected the defendant's legal rights to litigate. The Nanchang Intermediate People's Court of Jiangxi Province sent Lao Rongzhi the criminal ruling of the Supreme People's Court. Lao Rongzhi expressed his apology to the relatives of the victim. On the morning of December 18, 2023, the Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court executed Lao Rongzhi’s death sentence in compliance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People’s Court. The Nanchang Municipal People's Procuratorate dispatched personnel to conduct on-site supervision in accordance with the law. The Nanchang Intermediate People's Court arranged for Lao Rongzhi to meet with his close relatives before the execution.
The Supreme People's Court reviewed and confirmed that: from 1996 to 1999, the defendant Lao Rongzhi and his lover Faziying (who had been approved and executed in a separate case) conspired to commit robberies, etc. Lao Rongzhi engaged in escort services in entertainment venues and scouted for crime targets. Together with Faziying, they committed violence, robbed other people's property or kidnapped others to extort property. The two jointly committed 4 robberies, intentional homicides, and kidnappings in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and Hefei City, Anhui Province, resulting in a total of 7 deaths. Lao Rongzhi lured the victim Xiong Moujia to his rented residence in Nanchang, and together with Faziying, robbed Xiong Moujia of his belongings, killed Xiong Moujia and cut his body into pieces; Lao Rongzhi used the robbed key to try to open the door of Xiong Moujia. After investigating the situation at home, he and Faziying went to Xiong Jia's home to rob him. In order to silence him, he killed Xiong's wife Zhang and his 2-year-old daughter Xiong B. Lao Rongzhi and Faziying jointly entered the house in Wenzhou to rob the victim Liang Moumou's property, forcing Liang Moumou to deceive the victim Liu Moumou to the scene to commit the robbery, and killed Liang Moumou and Liu Moumou to silence him. Lao Rongzhi lured the victim Liu (A) to his rented residence in Changzhou to kidnap him, tied up, guarded and threatened Liu (A), and together with Faziying forced Liu (A) to beat his wife Liu (B) After calling for a ransom, Lao Rongzhi took Liu (B) to the scene and collected the ransom. Lao Rongzhi lured the victim Yin Moumou to his rented residence in Hefei to kidnap him, participated in tying up and taking care of Yin Moumou, added threatening words to the ransom note, and purchased a freezer to hide the body of the innocent victim Lu Moumou. Together with Faziying, they locked Yin Moumou in a steel cage, killed Lu Moumou, cut off his head, threatened Yin Moumou, and caused Yin Moumou's death.
The Supreme People's Court held that the defendant Lao Rongzhi and the criminal Faziying deliberately and illegally deprived others of their lives, and their actions constituted the crime of intentional homicide; Lao Rongzhi and Faziying used violence and threats to rob other people's property for the purpose of illegal possession. , his behavior also constitutes the crime of robbery; Lao Rongzhi and Faziying kidnapped others for the purpose of extorting property, his behavior also constitutes the crime of kidnapping. In the joint crime, Lao Rongzhi and Faziying carefully planned and planned with clear division of labor and cooperation with each other. Lao Rongzhi has always been proactive and played a vital role. He is also the principal criminal and should be punished according to all the crimes he participated in. Lao Rongzhi and Faziying deliberately killed 5 people; robbed and killed 1 person, entered and robbed a house, and robbed property worth more than 30,000 yuan, a huge amount; kidnapped and killed 1 person who was kidnapped, and extorted more than 70,000 yuan of property. The circumstances of the crime are particularly bad, the means are particularly cruel, the subjective malignancy is extremely deep, the personal danger and social harm are extremely great, the consequences and crimes are extremely serious, and should be punished in accordance with the law. Lao Rongzhi should be punished for several crimes he committed. The facts identified in the first-instance judgment and the second-instance ruling were clear, the evidence was reliable and sufficient, the conviction was accurate, and the sentence was appropriate. The trial procedure was legal. Accordingly, the Supreme People's Court approved the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court in accordance with the law to uphold the first-instance sentence of defendant Lao Rongzhi to death for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life; for robbery, he was sentenced to death for robbery, deprivation of political rights for life, and personal confiscation. All property; sentenced to death for kidnapping, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property, decided to execute the death penalty, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property.
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Editor Liu Jiani
