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Deadly decision

Metro | Courts
2009-9-3

SONGJIANG District People's Court yesterday decided on a one-year suspended jail sentence for a man surnamed Huang who hit and killed a motorcyclist while driving drunk. Huang, a company boss, had a dinner with...

Disease bill

Metro | Courts
2009-7-24

A MAN surnamed Lin must pay his girlfriend's medical costs of 2,500 yuan (US$366) after she contracted a venereal disease from him, the Songjiang District People's Court ordered yesterday. Her health hadn't improved...

10 years for man who tried to kill his girlfriend

Metro | Courts
2009-6-2

A JEALOUS lover who attempted to kill his girlfriend has been jailed for 10 years, the Songjiang District People's Court said yesterday. Wu Bin, 32, a Jiangsu Province native, had started a love affair with the...

Father must pay

Metro | Courts
2009-5-14

SONGJIANG District People's Court has ordered a father surnamed He to pay 250 yuan (US$37) a month to support his 27-year-old mentally ill daughter and bear half her medical costs. He was jailed in 2003 for raping...

Compensation for badly burned woman

Metro | Courts
2009-5-6

A WOMAN who was disfigured after an oil barrel exploded at a salvage station was awarded 196,000 yuan (US$28,734) compensation yesterday. Songjiang District People's Court heard that a 29-year-old Anhui Province...

1-year sentence for kidnapper

Metro | Courts
2009-5-1

THE Songjiang District People's Court yesterday sentenced Hou Bin, a migrant worker from Anhui Province, to one year in prison for abducting a two-year-old girl. Hou, 38, lived next door to the girl's family....

Suit says dad raped his daughter

Metro | Courts
2009-4-17

A SHANGHAI mother is seeking support and medical payments on behalf of her mentally retarded daughter from her ex-husband, who spent several years in prison for raping the girl when she was a teen. The Songjiang...

Wife counters rapist husband's court award

Metro | Courts
2009-4-16

A WOMAN has filed a counterclaim against her ex-husband, who had raped his daughter repeatedly and then persuaded a court that he was entitled to 80,000 yuan (US$11,712) in marital assets. The 51-year-old woman...

Landlord responsible for killer heater

Metro | Courts
2009-2-20

A LOCAL landlord was ordered to pay more than 520,000 yuan (US$76,085) yesterday to the family of a man who died from an electric shock in one of his apartments. The landlord, surnamed Sun, renovated a three-room...

Pair jailed

Metro | Courts
2009-2-10

SONGJIANG District People's Court yesterday sentenced Ni Fang and Gu Jincai, both from Anhui Province, to two years in prison for illegal imprisonment. The duo, unable to find jobs in the city, had tried to force...