Drug-thief jailed

2008-10-29 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

YANGPU District People's Court yesterday sentenced a woman surnamed Li to 3-and-a-half years for theft. She met her victim, Wang Peng, on the Internet in May and later had sex with him. On May 26, Li asked Wang to come to a hotel.

After having a drink, Wang fell asleep and the next morning found his laptop, camera and mobile phone were missing. Li was later caught in an Internet bar and confessed to putting sleeping pills in Wang's drink.

Swindler gets long jail term

YANGPU District People's Court yesterday sentenced a man who swindled suppliers out of 261,500 yuan (US$38,335) worth of goods to 14 years in prison. The defendant, surnamed Jin, was also ordered to pay 10,000...