Police chief Wang Lijun loved my wife, says Bo Xilai
Fallen politician tells last day of his trial that Wang Lijun and Gu Kailai, both key prosecution witnesses, had shared a 'special relationship'
Bo Xilai used his final session in court yesterday to accuse his former top aide Wang Lijun of being romantically involved with his wife.
While Bo stopped short of accusing Wang, his former police chief, of having an affair with Gu Kailai , he said they shared "an extremely special relationship".
He said the two key prosecution witnesses were "as inseparable as paint and glue", a Chinese phrase suggesting a sexual relationship.
Bo said the relationship was the real reason why Wang sought refuge at the American consulate in Chengdu in February 2012, an incident that exposed Gu's murder of British businessman Neil Heywood and blew open China's biggest political scandal in decades.
"[Wang's] obsession with Gu Kailai and their entangled affairs had reached such a stage he could no longer control it," Bo told the court in Jinan . "He intruded into my family. He hurt my feelings to the core."
Wang was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges including defection, while Gu is serving a suspended death sentence for Heywood's murder.