Chinese man pleads guilty to killing his girlfriend in US

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AP Beijing
Last Updated : Mar 24 2016 | 9:13 AM IST
A Chinese man has pleaded guilty in eastern China to killing his girlfriend in the US where the pair were students in Iowa, a court said today.
An officer in charge of trial documents at Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court said that Li Xiangnan entered the plea to murder during a daylong hearing yesterday. The officer refused to give her name, citing court regulations.
Li, a former University of Iowa student, surrendered to police in Wenzhou last May after returning to China following the slaying of 20-year-old Chinese national Shao Tong, who was a student at Iowa State University. Her body was found stuffed into the trunk of her car in September 2014.
The court officer said that prosecutors say Li planned the killing, but Li's lawyer argued the crime wasn't premeditated. She said the case would continue at an unspecified later date.
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First Published: Mar 24 2016 | 9:13 AM IST

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