Lao Rongzhi, 46, appeared in Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi Province on Monday, the court said in a statement posted on its official Weibo social media account.
The state newspaper Beijing Youth Daily reported that Lao “apologized” to the victim’s family and claimed she was a “victim” who was forced to help her boyfriend, the convicted murderer Fa Fa Xing, out of fear.
Fanny was arrested in July 1999. He was convicted of seven murders and sentenced to death in December of that year, state media said.
“Both conspired and had a clear division of labor,” the Nanchang court statement alleges. “They jointly committed robberies, kidnappings and premeditated murders in Nanchang, Wenzhou, Changzhou and Hefei.”
Lao told the court that Fanny’s methods were “very cruel” and that she had suffered physical and mental abuse and two miscarriages during her relationship with him, according to the Beijing Youth Daily.
The relationship between Lao and Fa was between 1996 and 1999, according to a statement from the Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court.
Lao used several nicknames to flee across the country after Fanny’s arrest. In a statement issued last year by the Xiamen Municipal Public Security Bureau, she traveled to different cities and made a living by doing part-time jobs at bars and other entertainment venues.
He also underwent surgery to change his appearance to avoid arrest, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Lao was arrested in November last year at a shopping mall in the southeastern city of Xiamen, and was charged with murder, robbery and kidnapping, Chinese officials said.
On Monday, Lao told the court she had been “living in darkness” for the past two decades. He added that he could “finally sleep peacefully” and would no longer live in fear of being caught by the police, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.
“Such an apology is difficult to accept,” said Xu Dahong, the wife of one of the victims of the writing in a report by the Beijing Youth Daily.
“The pain we’ve endured over the past two decades can’t be forgiven,” Xu said.
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