Chinese family torn apart by stalker killing wins case review after public outcry
- 21-year-old woman just wants her mother and father released in time for Lunar New Year
- Obsessed young man threatened them for months because she wouldn’t be his girlfriend
A young woman is fighting for the release of her parents who are in detention waiting to learn if they will be charged over the killing of a stalker who entered their property in northern China last year and attacked the family with a knife.
Wang Xiaofei, 21, was granted bail but her parents remain in custody as police have refused to accept that they acted in self-defence – against the advice of prosecutors.
After taking her story to the media and attracting widespread public sympathy, Wang Xiaofei is hoping a review of the case will see her reunited with her mother and father in time for the Lunar New Year at the beginning of February.
An official from the Baoding politics and law committee in Hebei province, confirmed that prosecutors and police had been instructed to review the case carefully to ensure it was “fair and just”.
If their plea of self-defence is accepted, the family will walk free without a trial.
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Their ordeal began when the young woman, a former second-year university student, became friends with Wang Lei, 26, a waiter who was working at the restaurant in Beijing where she secured a part-time job during last year’s winter break.