Husband on trial for wife's murder

SHANGHAI: A 28-year-old unemployed man yesterday pleaded guilty in court to electrocuting his wife using a power cable in April.

Qiu Jianhua, who allegedly attempted suicide after killing his wife, told the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court that his wife, Song Qingqing, was having an affair with another man and was pushing him for a divorce.

"I loved her a lot and wanted to be with her. If we could no longer be together while alive, I wanted us to be together after death," he said in court.