{"id":108080,"date":"2021-01-11T19:24:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=108080"},"modified":"2021-01-11T19:24:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:24:13","slug":"serial-killer-sentenced-to-death-while-wearing-hazmat-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/serial-killer-sentenced-to-death-while-wearing-hazmat-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial killer sentenced to death while wearing hazmat suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Notorious Chinese serial killer is sentenced to death while wearing a full-body protective suit to curb coronavirus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zeng Chunliang, 45, murdered three people in the space of six days in China<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was arrested during a dramatic police hunt involving thousands of officers\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pictures show him donning a hazmat suit and face mask at a trial on Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The court found him guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced him to death<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A notorious serial killer has been sentenced to death for murdering three people in the space of six days in southern China.<\/p>\n<p>Zeng Chunliang, 45, donned a full-body protective suit and face mask when he received capital punishment during a trial in Jiangxi Province.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal was reportedly arrested last August while trying to escape from a police hunt involving thousands of officers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/11\/18\/37875524-9135091-image-a-27_1610388245818.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Zeng Chunliang (centre) is seen wearing a full-body protective suit and face mask while standing trial in the Intermediate People&#8217;s Court of Yichun in Jiangxi Province on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/11\/18\/37875526-9135091-image-a-28_1610388248351.jpg\" height=\"462\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The court\u00a0deemed Mr Zeng guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced the man to death<\/p>\n<p>Mr Zeng was handed the death sentence by the Intermediate People&#8217;s Court of Yichun in Jiangxi Province on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He killed an elderly couple and a village official during two revenge attacks while being hunted by police for suspected robbery, the court said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a court statement, Mr Zeng, who had been jailed for theft, was released from prison on May 1 last year and returned to his hometown in the county of Le&#8217;an.<\/p>\n<p>He thought of stealing again after believing that he had lost his livelihood due to the imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of July 21, Mr Zeng brought tools and broke into a family in the village of Houfang to steal. He fell asleep on the ground after failing to find any money.<\/p>\n<p>He was spotted sleeping on the ground by a member of the family, Ms Xiong, the next morning. After being woken up, Mr Zeng pressed Ms Xiong on the floor, covered her mouth and threatened her with a screwdriver.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Xiong&#8217;s son arrived at the room after hearing the commotion. Mr Zeng repeatedly slashed Ms Xiong and her son with the screwdriver before fleeing.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Xiong&#8217;s son called the police afterwards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/11\/18\/37875716-9135091-image-a-29_1610388307224.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>According to the court, Mr Zeng killed three people within six days at a village in Le&#8217;an, southern China&#8217;s Jiangxi Province. The file picture shows the village of Likeng in Jiangxi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/11\/18\/37875806-9135091-image-a-32_1610388418190.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mask-donning people are pictured observing the trial at the local court in Jiangxi on Monday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The court claimed that Mr Zeng thought of killing Ms Xiong and her family in early August after hearing that the police were looking for him.<\/p>\n<p>He believed that the family had made it impossible for him to live peacefully by reporting the case to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Zeng sneaked into Ms Xiong&#8217;s house on the night of August 7. He found a hammer in the storage before waiting in the kitchen for the victims to appear.<\/p>\n<p>When Ms Xiong entered the kitchen the next morning, Mr Zeng smashed her head with the hammer and stabbed her with a knife multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, the criminal rushed to the first floor and attacked Ms Xiong&#8217;s husband, Mr Kang, who was asleep. He hit Mr Kang and another victim, Wu, in the head with the hammer.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ms Xiong and Mr Kang died while Wu survived with serious wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Zeng escaped the crime scene after taking with him four watches, five silver bracelets, a silver necklace and some cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/11\/13\/37864274-9133833-image-a-25_1610371693854.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>China has seen a surge in coronavirus cases, particularly in Hebei which surrounds Beijing. Pictured, a health worker\u00a0checks on test samples at a testing lab in Shijiazhuang on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/11\/13\/37864282-9133833-image-a-26_1610371696062.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hebei officials put two cities, including its provincial capital Shijiazhuang, under lockdown last week in response to the new crisis. The above picture shows\u00a0a medical staff in a protective suit taking a coronavirus swab from a child near a residential area in Shijiazhuang on January 10<\/p>\n<p>Less than a week later, Mr Zeng killed an official of Houfang Village, Mr Gui. He believed that he had not been able to find a place to live because of the local official.<\/p>\n<p>He knifed Mr Gui to death in a village office at around 8am on August 13 before being arrested in a nearby village during a large-scale police hunt three days later.<\/p>\n<p>The Intermediate People&#8217;s Court of Yichun deemed Mr Zeng guilty of intentional homicide and handed him a death penalty on January 11.<\/p>\n<p>He was also convicted of robbery and theft. The former landed him 10 years imprisonment and 10,000 yuan (\u00a31,140) fine while the latter resulted in a two-year jail sentence and 10,000 yuan (\u00a31,140).<\/p>\n<p>The court gave Mr Zeng an overall verdict of a death penalty in addition to 20,000 yuan (\u00a32,280) of financial fine.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant agreed on the ruling and decided not to appeal, the court said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9135091\/Coronavirus-China-Serial-killer-sentenced-death-wearing-body-protective-suit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notorious Chinese serial killer is sentenced to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":108079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Serial killer sentenced to death while wearing hazmat suit - 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