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Death sentence for killer of Didi passenger

Zhong Yuan, a 28-year-old carpool driver who raped and killed a 19-year-old female passenger in Wenzhou in August, was sentenced to death on Friday. The Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court on Friday heard the case and sentenced Zhong to death on charges of robbery, rape and homicide. Zhong, a native of Sichuan province, had owed debts from online peer-to-peer lending platforms due to gambling, and planned on robbing female passengers while working as a hitch driver for Didi Chuxing, the nation's largest ride-hailing company.