08/10/2012

Bo’s Wife Confessed to Murder During Trial, Xinhua Says

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Gu Kailai, center, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, standing trial in the Intermediate People's Court in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei on Aug. 9, 2012. Photograph: CCTV via APTN

Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai, confessed to charges she used poison to kill a British businessman in his hotel room, according to China’s official news agency.

Gu admitted to dripping cyanide into Neil Heywood’s mouth as he lay drunk on his bed because she thought he had threatened her son, the Xinhua News Agency wrote in an account of the seven-hour trial in the eastern city of Hefei on Aug. 9. Zhang Xiaojun, an orderly in Gu’s house, confessed to aiding in the crime, Xinhua reported.

“This case has been like a huge stone weighing on me for more than half a year,” Xinhua cited Gu as saying at the end of the trial. “What a nightmare. During those days last November, I suffered a mental breakdown after learning that my son was in jeopardy. The tragedy which was created by me was not only extended to Neil, but also to several families.”

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Aug 10, 2012 6:57:54 PM | Crime, Current Affairs

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