Man sentenced to death for 6 sex slaves, murders
By Xu Chi |
December 1, 2012, Saturday
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A MAN in central China's Luoyang City was sentenced to death yesterday for keeping six women as sex slaves in a basement of his apartment for two years and murdering two of them.
Li Hao, 35, married with a young son, was convicted of murder, rape, organized prostitution, illegal detention and pornography by the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court in Henan Province.
Three women, who were among the six sex slaves and helped in murdering the two women, were also found guilty of murder. One of them was sentenced to three years in prison, while the other two were put on probation.
The court learnt Li had dug two cells in the basement of his apartment building in 2009. He kidnapped six nightclub and karaoke bar workers and locked them up for up to 21 months.
Li repeatedly forced the six women to have sex with him starting in August 2009.
He forced them to perform pornographic acts which he uploaded on the Internet and charged fees for viewing. Occasionally, he loaned them out as prostitutes, the court said yesterday.
Li also forced and instructed one of his sex slaves, a woman surnamed Duan, to help him kill another woman in 2010.
Li, with Duan's help, beat the victim to death in front of others to force them to "obey."
He buried the body close to where they slept as a warning.
Then next year, Li asked Duan and two others surnamed Jiang and Zhang to kill another woman.
It was previously reported in the Chinese media that the woman was killed and buried after a fight over who would sleep with Li, but the court did not announce the reason why Li murdered her.
All the three women were found guilty of murder but they were shown leniency in their sentences for committing crimes under threat, the court said.
Li was caught in September last year when one of the women managed to escape after she had been forced to go on the street to earn money as a prostitute but went to the police instead.
Li went to his sister's place to borrow money with the intention of fleeing the city but police caught up with him before that.
The court said that Li Yuan, his sister, was also convicted on charges of harboring a criminal.
She gave Li 1,000 yuan to help him escape. She was put on probation, the court said.
Li worked for Luoyang City Fire Bureau and later became an official with the city's Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
According to police, Li kept the women - all in their early 20s - with the sole purpose of making money through prostitution or pornographic sites.
According to Xinhua news agency, the Luoyang police chief apologized last year for failing to detect the crime earlier and suspended four policemen.
Li Hao, 35, married with a young son, was convicted of murder, rape, organized prostitution, illegal detention and pornography by the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court in Henan Province.
Three women, who were among the six sex slaves and helped in murdering the two women, were also found guilty of murder. One of them was sentenced to three years in prison, while the other two were put on probation.
The court learnt Li had dug two cells in the basement of his apartment building in 2009. He kidnapped six nightclub and karaoke bar workers and locked them up for up to 21 months.
Li repeatedly forced the six women to have sex with him starting in August 2009.
He forced them to perform pornographic acts which he uploaded on the Internet and charged fees for viewing. Occasionally, he loaned them out as prostitutes, the court said yesterday.
Li also forced and instructed one of his sex slaves, a woman surnamed Duan, to help him kill another woman in 2010.
Li, with Duan's help, beat the victim to death in front of others to force them to "obey."
He buried the body close to where they slept as a warning.
Then next year, Li asked Duan and two others surnamed Jiang and Zhang to kill another woman.
It was previously reported in the Chinese media that the woman was killed and buried after a fight over who would sleep with Li, but the court did not announce the reason why Li murdered her.
All the three women were found guilty of murder but they were shown leniency in their sentences for committing crimes under threat, the court said.
Li was caught in September last year when one of the women managed to escape after she had been forced to go on the street to earn money as a prostitute but went to the police instead.
Li went to his sister's place to borrow money with the intention of fleeing the city but police caught up with him before that.
The court said that Li Yuan, his sister, was also convicted on charges of harboring a criminal.
She gave Li 1,000 yuan to help him escape. She was put on probation, the court said.
Li worked for Luoyang City Fire Bureau and later became an official with the city's Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
According to police, Li kept the women - all in their early 20s - with the sole purpose of making money through prostitution or pornographic sites.
According to Xinhua news agency, the Luoyang police chief apologized last year for failing to detect the crime earlier and suspended four policemen.
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