Road-rage baby killer Han Lei sentenced to death, says he will appeal
Contrary to earlier statement, killer Han Lei said he would appeal his conviction after all
The man who killed a two-year-old girl on a Beijing street was sentenced to death by a Beijing court yesterday. He will appeal the sentence, contradicting an earlier claim that he would gladly accept death to redeem his sin.
Han Lei, 39, was found guilty of intentional homicide after he pulled the child from her stroller and slammed her to the ground, over a parking space row on July 23, Beijing's No 1 Intermediate People's Court said.
There is no proof that Han suddenly lost his sanity in the two seconds when he lifted and threw the toddler, as he could completely remember the details of the quarrel
Li Ming , who drove Han away from the scene, received a two-year sentence for harbouring him, and will serve a total of five years as he was on parole for an earlier three-year conviction.
Han was captured on July 24. Li turned himself in the following day. The girl suffered severe head injuries and died a few days later.
The court ruled that Han was clear-minded when he committed the crime but had been drinking earlier.
Surveillance footage also showed Han throwing the baby to the ground, contradicting his claim that he had only thrown the stroller and was unaware that the child was inside.
