Demolition killer loses death sentence appeal

A villager who killed two men in eastern China during an argument over the demolition of his house has lost an appeal against his suspended death sentence.

Ding Hanzhong attacked his victims with a sickle after bulldozers arrived outside his home in Dingjiashan village, Shandong province, on Sept 25, 2013.

The 56-year-old was convicted in August by a court in Weifang and sentenced to death, suspended for two years, which in most cases means life in prison.