Spurned teen accused of burning girl stands trial
By Leeann Li |
April 24, 2012, Tuesday
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A high school student accused of setting fire to a girl who rejected his romantic advances stood trial in a district court in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei yesterday on charges of intentional injury.
The Baohe District People's Court is handling the closed-door trial of 17-year-old Tao Rukun, who admired his classmate Zhou Yan for a long time but failed to win her heart. Feeling spurned, Tao went to the home of Zhou last September, poured gasoline on her face and ignited it with a lighter, prosecutors said.
The case prompted public outcry after the victim's mother detailed the gruesome details of the assault online, posting photos of her daughter's bandage-wrapped face.
Hospital officials said that about 32 percent of the girl's body was burned. Zhou's left ear was mutilated, most of her face became disfigured and she was left with severe burns on her head, neck, hands and legs, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
The girl's parents previously asked for a public hearing, a request that was turned down due to the defendant's age.
Zhou had surgery on April 10 in Beijing.
To avoid infection to her wounds, Zhou traveled with an air cleaner on her way from a Beijing hospital back to Hefei to attend the court hearing, which is ongoing.
The Baohe District People's Court is handling the closed-door trial of 17-year-old Tao Rukun, who admired his classmate Zhou Yan for a long time but failed to win her heart. Feeling spurned, Tao went to the home of Zhou last September, poured gasoline on her face and ignited it with a lighter, prosecutors said.
The case prompted public outcry after the victim's mother detailed the gruesome details of the assault online, posting photos of her daughter's bandage-wrapped face.
Hospital officials said that about 32 percent of the girl's body was burned. Zhou's left ear was mutilated, most of her face became disfigured and she was left with severe burns on her head, neck, hands and legs, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
The girl's parents previously asked for a public hearing, a request that was turned down due to the defendant's age.
Zhou had surgery on April 10 in Beijing.
To avoid infection to her wounds, Zhou traveled with an air cleaner on her way from a Beijing hospital back to Hefei to attend the court hearing, which is ongoing.
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