Wife tried over death of ‘abusive’ spouse
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A WOMAN accused of killing the husband she alleges abused her for years, went on trial for manslaughter on Friday in southwest China’s Yunnan Province.
The defendant, surnamed Zhang, is alleged to have admitted to killing her husband in his sleep last April.
Prosecutors claimed she hit the unnamed man in the face with a hammer before stabbing him more than 40 times.
“I just wanted revenge for all the violence I suffered over the years. I felt I could no longer live unless he died,” she said in court.
No verdict was reached.
The trial, at the Intermediate People’s Court in Chuxiong Prefecture, drew a large audience including judges and procurators from the Supreme People’s Court, social workers and law students.
Chen Min, a researcher with the China Institute of Applied Law, appeared as an expert witness for the defendant, and testified to Zhang’s years of suffering and psychological state.
The presence of an expert witness in a Chinese court for a domestic violence case is a sign of legal progress, particularly since the national anti-domestic violence law took effect on March 1.
SPC judge Song Ying said expert witnesses can fill gaps in judges’ knowledge.
Such people have a major role to play in lawsuits that involve domestic violence and sexual assault, the judge said.
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