Guizhou adulterer “beheaded his wife after being released from prison” and was sentenced to a suspended death sentence. Judge: The deceased had some responsibilities

A man surnamed Liu in Qianxi city of Guizhou province, China, suspected that his wife surnamed Zhang was cheating on him during their marriage. He repeatedly hit his wife on the head with a kitchen knife, causing Zhang to die from her injuries. The court of first instance sentenced Liu Nan to deliberate murder.death penalty Ban suspended for 2 years and sentence reduction; Recently the court of second instance has given a final decision and upheld the original decision.

The Yangzi Evening News reported that the verdict revealed that Mr Liu and Ms Zhang ran a pig slaughtering and selling business after they were married and had a daughter. Liu Nan was criminally detained in September 2024 for selling pork of unknown cause of death, and sentenced to 6 months in prison in February 2025. While Liu was serving his sentence, Zhang had entered a hotel room with other men and had inappropriate relations.

In March 2025, after Mr. Liu was released from prison, the two had several fights because Ms. Zhang worked at KTV. On April 1 of the same year, Liu Nan checked Ms. Zhang’s mobile phone consumption records and found that she had booked rooms in several hotels. After his request to see the monitor screen was denied, he passedWeChat In the video, Zhang and her two daughters have been threatened with death. That night, Ms. Zhang convinces him to go home.

At about 10 a.m. the next day, Mr. Liu asked Ms. Zhang to find relatives with him to watch the hotel monitor footage, and the two parties argued again. Liu Nan then picked up a kitchen knife at home and stabbed Ms. Zhang several times in the head. Zhang’s father and others arrived at the scene and immediately called the police and an ambulance. However, Zhang was still seriously injured and died after the rescue attempt failed.

Liu Nan also later injured himself with a knife and attempted suicide. After identification, Mr. Liu had no mental illness at the time of the crime and had full capacity to bear criminal responsibility.

The court held that Liu Nan had committed another crime within 5 years after the execution of the previous crime sentence, and was a repeat offender. The method of murder was particularly cruel and the crime extremely serious. He should be given death penalty as per law. However, considering that Ms. Zhang “had a certain degree of responsibility” for the occurrence of the case, and that Mr. Liu truthfully admitted the facts of the crime, confessed and repented after being brought to justice, he was sentenced to death with suspended execution and limited reduction in sentence.

Family members of the deceased said that during the first trial, Liu Nan argued that it was Zhang who first attacked with the knife and then he retaliated with the knife. Family member Ms Chen said Mr Liu once said he “regretted doing this”, but insisted: “We will never forgive him.” Ms Zhang’s father said the family had applied for a protest at the procuratorate but it had been rejected. After that, Mr. Liu appealed, and now the second instance has upheld the original verdict.