Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The Hongcouver: "'I strangled her by accident in a blindfolded pillow fight': A killer’s explanation that only Beijing’s high court buys"

"Is it possible to kill someone in a pillow fight? And if so, is it possible to do so by accidentally strangling them to death, a process requiring several minutes of intense effort, without realising what is happening?"
“Li Jiaming and Zhao played ‘pillow fight’, which involved blindfolding of their eyes with pillow cases and attacking each other without knowing which part of the body was exactly hit,” the court ruling said as it described the results of Li’s interrogation.

“As the pillow fight went on, Li Jiaming felt that Zhao had increased her force and strength when she hit him, so Li Jiaming did the same to her. They hugged each other and rolled on the bed, harassing each other with the pillow…Li Jiaming hugged Zhao from behind, with his hands pulling both ends of the pillow that covered Zhao from her head to chest. He pulled the pillow tight from behind, so tight and strongly that he felt Zhao’s body turning weak.”

But it was only after a few minutes, when Zhao had finally stopped moving, that Li “sensed she might be dead” and released his grip. Li and his cousin Zhang Han, who lived with the couple in their basement flat, then crammed Zhao’s body into a 60cm by 80cm suitcase and dumped it 100km away on the shores of Stave Lake, where it was found by hikers.

"Beware of Japanese waitress bearing fortune cookies"

11 comments:

Known Unknown said...

Yǒu shé me qūbié, zài zhè yīdiǎn shàng, tā zuò shénme ne?

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

#WarOnWomen

Unknown said...

I suppose he accidently raped her too? And then he accidently chopped her up into pieces? oopsie.

Pink Panther - love it. Early inspiration for kill bill?

Unknown said...

War on Women in America is Todd Akin being asked a hacktastic question about rape from a pro-democrat hack and his answer bans him from politics for life all while Bill Clinton is treated like a rock star.

Unknown said...

Li, the son of a senior retired PLA officer, fled to China after Zhao’s body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

oopsie.

Unknown said...

Zhao’s mother, Yang Bao-ying, said in a statement: “We neither understand nor accept the ruling. The ruling changes our opinion about the fairness of the law. The ruling abundantly represents that the law can be bought with power or money in China.”

Holder is taking notes.

deborah said...

April @ 10:26 Zing.

I'd rather talk about The Hangover.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

The Hongcouver blog is devoted to the hybrid culture of its namesake cities: Hong Kong and Vancouver.

deborah said...

Ohhh. I thought it was a one-off for this Hong Kong incident. Though that does not explain the c and the u, does it?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Read at the very bottom of the story deb.

deborah said...

Got it Lem, thanks.