Court sentences caregiver to death

An eldercare worker who admitted killing a 97-year-old man because she wanted to receive her salary quicker has been sentenced to death by a court in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Chen Yuping gave sleeping pills to the victim, identified only as Feng, and then strangled him as he lay unconscious just hours after she started work as his caregiver.

The mother of two, who is in her 40s, arrived for her first day of work at Feng's home in the city's Panyu district on Jan 6, 2015. At 2 am the next day, a relative discovered the elderly man dead and called the police.