Man, 30, confesses he killed wife, hid her body

A man confessed in court on Wednesday to killing his wife and hiding her body in a refrigerator for three months.

Zhu Xiaodong, 30, had been accused of strangling the woman, Yang Liping, 30, over a dispute on Oct 18, 2016, at their home in Shanghai's Hongkou district.

After killing her, he wrapped the body in a red quilt and hid it in a fridge on the balcony for 105 days, during which time he posed as his wife on social networking sites and through text messages to her parents and friends, Shanghai's No 2 Intermediate People's Court heard.