Hired killer executed in Beijing
( 2003-11-24 11:19) (Xinhua)
An assassin was executed here on Friday after being convicted of the murder
of the woman who hired him, over a monetary dispute after he failed to carry out
the contract.
The Beijing First Intermediate People's Court heard that Li Changjiang was
hired by a Beijing woman in 2000 to kill or disfigure her husband's mistress,
for which he would be paid 100, 000 yuan (12,100 US dollars).
After Li and his confederates Zhang Hongyu and Sun Yanhai, both friends of Li
from his hometown in northeast China, failed to do their job, the hirer demanded
her money back but was refused.
In September 2000, Li, Zhang and Sun killed the woman and burnt her car.
Li was executed, Sun was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Zhang is still
at large.
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