Girlfriend of serial killer pleads not guilty to harboring a fugitive
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January 16, 2013, Wednesday
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THE girlfriend of a serial killer who shot 10 people to death over an eight year period pleaded not guilty to harboring a fugitive yesterday in Chongqing Municipality.
Zhang Guiying pleaded not guilty because she didn't know about the killings of her boyfriend, surnamed Zhou, her lawyer Yao Fei said, according to Chengdu Business Daily.
Zhou, who was on the Ministry of Public Security's most wanted list, was gunned down by a police officer on August 14 in Chongqing.
Prosecutors said Zhang, who worked at a salon in Yibin City in Sichuan Province, fell in love with Zhou in April and invited him to live with her. He had fled to Chongqing in the wake of a nationwide manhunt after he killed a construction worker in Nanjing City and stole 200,000 yuan (US$32,180) in January 2012.
Prosecutors said before the pair moved to Chongqing, Zhang had seen Zhou's gun.
On August 10, Zhou killed a woman outside a Bank of China branch during a robbery and later shot dead a railway police officer who had tried to question him. That afternoon, Zhou met Zhang in a hostel and gave her the stolen 60,000 yuan. Zhang later deposited the money in her bank accounts, prosecutors said, according to the report.
Zhang, 21, harbored him and saved the money though she knew about his crimes, and even told Zhou about the police manhunt for him via mobile phone between August 10 and 13, prosecutors said.
But Yao said no conclusive evidence proved Zhang knew the 60,000 yuan was stolen.
Zhang admitted in court that Zhou had showed her a gun, but denied knowing anything about his crimes, China News Service reported.
Zhang also denied earlier media allegations that she planned Zhou's robberies, Yao told Chengdu Business Daily.
"To some extent she is also a victim," Yao told the newspaper, adding that Zhang, from a poor family, was a prostitute because she needed the money.
Yao told the newspaper she had believed Zhou's lies about graduating from Harvard University and owning a family business. He had given her about 14,000 yuan in cash and jewelry within four months, Yao was cited as saying.
"She was so naive and behaved just like a little girl who thought she could be forgiven after she showed regret," Yao told Legal Evening News.
The trial will continue.
Zhang Guiying pleaded not guilty because she didn't know about the killings of her boyfriend, surnamed Zhou, her lawyer Yao Fei said, according to Chengdu Business Daily.
Zhou, who was on the Ministry of Public Security's most wanted list, was gunned down by a police officer on August 14 in Chongqing.
Prosecutors said Zhang, who worked at a salon in Yibin City in Sichuan Province, fell in love with Zhou in April and invited him to live with her. He had fled to Chongqing in the wake of a nationwide manhunt after he killed a construction worker in Nanjing City and stole 200,000 yuan (US$32,180) in January 2012.
Prosecutors said before the pair moved to Chongqing, Zhang had seen Zhou's gun.
On August 10, Zhou killed a woman outside a Bank of China branch during a robbery and later shot dead a railway police officer who had tried to question him. That afternoon, Zhou met Zhang in a hostel and gave her the stolen 60,000 yuan. Zhang later deposited the money in her bank accounts, prosecutors said, according to the report.
Zhang, 21, harbored him and saved the money though she knew about his crimes, and even told Zhou about the police manhunt for him via mobile phone between August 10 and 13, prosecutors said.
But Yao said no conclusive evidence proved Zhang knew the 60,000 yuan was stolen.
Zhang admitted in court that Zhou had showed her a gun, but denied knowing anything about his crimes, China News Service reported.
Zhang also denied earlier media allegations that she planned Zhou's robberies, Yao told Chengdu Business Daily.
"To some extent she is also a victim," Yao told the newspaper, adding that Zhang, from a poor family, was a prostitute because she needed the money.
Yao told the newspaper she had believed Zhou's lies about graduating from Harvard University and owning a family business. He had given her about 14,000 yuan in cash and jewelry within four months, Yao was cited as saying.
"She was so naive and behaved just like a little girl who thought she could be forgiven after she showed regret," Yao told Legal Evening News.
The trial will continue.
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