Five on trial for fatal beating

Five people who were arrested on suspicion of fatally beating a woman in a McDonald's restaurant in Shandong province were prosecuted by the Yantai People's Procuratorate on Monday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The five defendants are Zhang Lidong, 54; his daughters Zhang Fan, 29, Zhang Hang, 18, and two other women, Lyu Yingchun, 39, and Zhang Qiaolian, 23.

The procuratorate accused Zhang Fan, Zhang Lidong and Lyu Yingchun of intentional homicide and undermining the implementation of law, and Zhang Hang and Zhang Qiaolian of intentional homicide.