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The killer was sentenced to prison in Canada, in a case that also caused a stir in China.
Li Zhao was found guilty of the murder after he shot Gang Yuan, who was his relative, in 2015 during a violent dispute. On Monday, a Canadian court sentenced Zhao to 10 years and six months in prison.
British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Terence Shultes said the crime was cruelly committed by Zhao, who later displayed “seemingly genuine remorse” for his actions.
“For those who described Zhao’s character, his behavior that day was in contradiction to the ‘warm, kind, non-violent and generous person’ they came to know,” the judge said.
The millionaire Yuan was a cousin of Zhao’s wife. The two men and their families lived together in a mansion owned by Yuan in West Vancouver.
The 42-year-old, who made millions from the oil and coal business, had been married several times.
On May 2, 2015, Yuan made a business proposal to Zhao that included marrying Zhao’s only daughter, Florence Zhao, the star of a reality show. Enraged, Zhao told Yuan it was “incest” and called him a “beast,” according to a court document.
The two men started fighting and Zhao finally shot Yuan. “At that moment, my mind started to go blank,” Zhao said during his trial.
Zhao tried to dispose of the corpse by cutting it into 108 pieces that he put in plastic bags. His wife and mother-in-law discovered the incident and reported it to the police.
Earlier this year, he was acquitted of premeditated murder, but was found guilty of murder and the judge concluded that Yuan’s “aggressive” actions during their fight caused Zhao to “react.” in an exaggerated way, because I was afraid ”.
Zhao has been in preventive detention since 2015. Monday’s sentence takes this interval into account, each day in custody is equivalent to 1.5 days in prison, for which he has two years and four months in prison.
According to the South China Morning Post, Yuan’s fortune is about $ 15.8 million and will be shared among her five children.
