Chinese official's wife admits poisoning British businessman, court says
Source: LA Times
Gu Kailai, the wife of a Chinese Politburo member, and her butler both admitted poisoning a British businessman with whom the family had a financial dispute, a court official told reporters in a press conference Thursday.
At the end of a daylong trial in the provincial capital of Hefei, deputy court director Tang Yigan said that “the defendants did not dispute the accusation of intentional homicide” -- or what in American legal terms would be called premeditated murder.
In the most detailed public airing in the salacious murder case rocking the Chinese Communist Party, Tang said that in November Gu, 54, had lured the victim, 41-year-old Neil Heywood, to Chongqing, where her husband, Bo Xilai, served until recently as party secretary. At the Lucky Holiday Hotel where Heywood was staying, the two drank tea and alcohol together. When Heywood got drunk and began to throw up, he requested a glass of water, which was supplied by the family’s butler, Zhang Xiaojun.
"Bogu Kailai asked Zhang to pour the pre-prepared poison into Neil Heywood’s mouth," said Tang, referring to her by her married name. “All the facts are clear and the evidence sufficient.”
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