A court in China has sentenced a man
to death for killing a two-year-old girl in Beijing over a parking space row,
state media report.
Han Lei, 39, pulled the toddler out
of her pram and threw her to the ground after her mother refused to make way
for his car in July.
He fled the scene but was captured.
The girl later died from her injuries.
He said the killing was
unintentional, as he was drunk and had thought the pram was a shopping cart.
"I did not know there was an
infant inside," he previously said.
The case has provoked widespread
outcry in China, with many people expressing their anger online, state media
reported.
The trial started on 16 September at
the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court.
Prosecutors had recommended the
death sentence for Han, who committed the crime within a year of being released
from prison, the Xinhua news agency said.
Han also beat the girl's mother
during the altercation in Beijing's Daxing district.
Another man, Li Ming, who drove Han
away from the scene, is also facing charges.(BBC)
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