Retrial for five men convicted 18 years ago

The Zhejiang High People's Court retried a case on Tuesday on which it handed down a verdict 16 years ago. The new verdict has not yet been announced.

Five men were convicted of robbing and killing taxi drivers in two attacks that occurred on March 20 and Aug 12, 1995, in the Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

On December 1997, four of the five were sentenced to death with the possibility of a reprieve, and the other was sentenced to life imprisonment.