Tue,Nov 19,2013

Beijing baby killer stands second trial

(Xinhua) 15:27, November 19, 2013

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Han Lei, who lodged an appeal after receiving death penalty, is brought into the court at the Beijing High People's Court in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 19, 2013. Han Lei, 39, grabbed a girl from her pram and hurled her to the ground in Daxing District of Beijing on July 23 after an argument with her mother over a parking space. The girl was severely injured and died days later despite treatment. Han was sentenced to death by Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court on September 25, on charges of intentional homicide. Han appealed to have his crime reduced to involuntary homicide on the grounds that he didn't know it was a baby carriage or that he was hurling a baby. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)

BEIJING, Nov. 19 -- A man sentenced to death in September for throwing and killing a two-year-old girl stood trial again in a second trial that opened Tuesday in the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court.

Han Lei, 39, grabbed a girl from her pram and hurled her to the ground near a bus station in Daxing District on July 23 after an argument with the girl's mother over a parking space.

Han was sentenced to death by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on Sept. 25 on charges of intentional homicide.

Han lodged an appeal through his attorney on Oct. 8 to have his crime reduced to involuntary homicide on the grounds that he didn't know it was a baby carriage or that he was hurling a baby.

The case will be decided on at a later date, the court said.

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