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Tree theft

Metro | Courts
2009-4-22

THE Nanhui District People's Court yesterday sentenced a man surnamed Ji to eight months in prison with a year's probation for stealing trees from the roadside and planting them in his courtyard.

Accident payout

Metro | Courts
2009-2-2

THE Nanhui District People's Court yesterday ordered a man surnamed Chen to pay about 500,000 yuan (US$73,099) in compensation to the plasterer surnamed Zhu he hired after Zhu was paralyzed when he fell 6 meters. Chen,...

Farmer jailed in case involving high-quality counterfeit cash

Metro | Courts
2009-1-14

A SHANGHAI court sentenced a farmer from south China to 10 months in prison yesterday in what may have been the city's first criminal case involving a flood of high-quality 100 yuan (US$14.50) banknotes that is worrying...

Cap gun death

Metro | Courts
2009-1-9

A WOMAN surnamed Yang was sentenced to a one-and-a-half year jail term with probation by the Nanhui District People's Court after a worker was killed in an accident involving a box of cap guns Yang had ordered. Three...

Defrauder jailed

Metro | Courts
2008-12-11

THE Nanhui District People's Court yesterday sentenced 56-year-old unemployed man, Shao Guilong, to 11 years and three months in prison for defrauding friends of 960,000 yuan (US$139,838). In July 2004, Shao borrowed...

Ruling in blow-fish poisoning court case

Metro | Courts
2008-11-20

A WOMAN will not have to compensate the relatives of her husband, who died in 2005 after eating a poison fish she had prepared for him, a court ruled yesterday. The Nanhui District People's Court said the wife,...

Swindler jailed

Metro | Courts
2008-10-15

NANHUI District People's Court sentenced a 48-year-old unemployed man to 13 years in jail and fined him 370,000 yuan (US$54,160) for swindling money from migrant workers. Ding Xiuqing persuaded his victims to...

Apartment buyer wins payout

Metro | Courts
2008-10-13

NANHUI District People's Court has ordered a man to pay 44,000 yuan (US$6,437) to the woman who arranged to buy his apartment after a dispute arose over the sale. The man, surnamed Wang, signed a contract on...

Stock swindler sent to prison

Metro | Courts
2008-9-17

THE Nanhui District People's Court yesterday sentenced Chen Kuilong, an unemployed local resident, to 12 years in prison for contract fraud. From October 2007 to February 2008, Chen, 32, claimed to be an employee...

Girl leaps, but school, classmates must pay

Metro | Courts
2008-8-22

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl who suffered serious injuries after jumping from a third-floor classroom following theft accusations by her classmates will receive 130,000 yuan (US$18,950) in compensation from her school and seven...