On April 18th, Guangzhou Tianhe "1.11" hit a person by car case was pronounced in the first instance, and the defendant Wen Qingyun was sentenced to death.
According to the news of WeChat official account, the official WeChat of Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, on the evening of April 18th, a collegial panel composed of three judges and four people’s jurors held a public hearing on the case of the defendant Wen Qingyun endangering public safety by dangerous methods, and delivered a verdict on the same day.
The court found that at 17 o’clock on January 11, 2023, Wen Qingyun deliberately drove into pedestrians and road facilities in Tianhe District of Guangzhou to vent his personal feelings, causing serious consequences such as many casualties and property losses. The court held that the defendant Wen Qingyun’s criminal means were extremely cruel and the criminal consequences were extremely serious, which seriously endangered public safety. Therefore, he was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life.
A victim’s family who had attended the trial told The Paper that the trial lasted for one day and the court pronounced the sentence in court on the afternoon of April 18th. During the trial, Wen Qingyun had no obvious mood swings, was relatively calm and said little, and did not explain why he made such crazy behavior on the day of the incident. In addition, Wen Qingyun did not apologize to the victims, their families and the public, but only said "regret", but did not specifically say what he regretted.
The victim’s family revealed that he lost his only child in the above-mentioned collision accident, which was a great blow to the whole family. "It is possible that he will never get out." When Wen Qingyun was sentenced to death, he "felt a little better in his heart", and the general appeal of his family members was "the minimum is the death penalty".
According to the victim’s family, after the incident, the victim’s family did not contact Wen Qingyun’s family, and the other party did not bear the relevant expenses. At present, some victims’ families have filed civil claims.
At about 17: 00 on January 11th, 2023, a BMW SUV hit pedestrians and vehicles several times near Tianhe Road and Tiyu East Road in Tianhe District, Guangzhou. A number of live videos showed that many people were injured on the road and fell to the ground. The man who caused the accident had the behavior of throwing money after parking and tried to escape. According to the cover news, the reporter visited and found that there were six collisions in the accident, and witnesses said that the vehicles involved had turned back and hit pedestrians again.
For this incident, the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau previously reported that at 17: 25 on January 11, 2023, a traffic accident in which a car collided with a pedestrian occurred at Sports East Road, Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, which currently caused 5 deaths and 13 injuries. After receiving the alarm, the Guangzhou traffic police quickly dispatched personnel to the scene for disposal and assisted the medical staff to treat the injured. At present, the driver Wen Mou (male, 22 years old, from Jieyang, Guangdong) has been under the control of the police, and the accident is under further investigation and handling. On January 14th, Guangzhou procuratorate made a decision to approve the arrest of Wen Mou, a suspect in the Tianhe "1.11" driving collision case, who was submitted for approval by Tianhe Branch of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means.
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