To rob money and harm six lives! 36 years ago, the first trial of the Zhoushan Maritime Robbery and Murder Case was held
On August 23, the Intermediate People's Court of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province formed a seven person panel to publicly hear the "1987 · 3.20" Zhoushan Dinghai Picking Ruoshan Extraordinary Murder Case in the first instance. The Zhoushan Procuratorate dispatched personnel to appear in court to support the prosecution on charges of robbery against defendants Jiang and Xue. The two defendants and their defense lawyers, as well as the plaintiff and their litigation representatives in criminal incidental civil cases, appear in court to participate in the litigation.
The picture shows the court hearing, where the prosecutor reads out the indictment.
The Zhoushan Procuratorate accused that in early 1987, defendants Jiang and Xue conspired to commit murder and rob fishing boat property in order to repay gambling debts. After identifying the target of the crime, the two defendants took Baijiu, hammer and other crime tools mixed with tranquilizer drugs to the wharf near Xinjiang Bridge, Ningbo City in the evening of March 17, the same year, and cheated the victim Wang and other six victims to sail their own boats on the ground of transporting fish. After boarding the ship, the two defendants, according to the division of labor in advance, talked with the five crew members in the cabin and advised them to drink Baijiu mixed with tranquilizer, while Xue accompanied and guarded the pilot in the cockpit in the name of chatting. At around 11 pm that evening, when the ship sailed to the waters near Laotangshan in Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, the two defendants, after five crew members fell asleep, agreed to use a hammer to kill Wang and six other victims. They tied the six victims with ropes and connected them to iron anchors, sinking them into the sea. The total amount of cash seized was about 7000 yuan. The prosecutor presented relevant evidence in court.
It is understood that after the crime, the defendants Jiang and Xue cleared the scene and drove the victim's fishing boat to escape. Due to the fishing boat running aground in Huoyoukeng Bay on Cairuoshan Island in Dinghai District, defendants Jiang and Xue abandoned the boat and went ashore, taking a ferry to escape to Ningbo. On March 20, 1987, the Dinghai District Branch of Zhoushan Public Security Bureau received a report from the public stating that a suspicious fishing boat had been found in the Huoyoukeng Bay on the island of Jieruoshan, and no one had entered or exited in the past two days. After on-site investigation by the public security organs, multiple bloodstains and blunt instrument striking marks were found inside the cabin, and the whereabouts of the personnel on board were unknown. Therefore, the investigation was carried out in the direction of a major robbery and murder case. In August 2022, the public security organs arrested two defendants based on fingerprints extracted from the scene compared to Jiang. On October 14th of the same year, the defendants Jiang and Xue were approved for arrest by the Zhoushan City Procuratorate. On May 29, 2023, the Supreme People's Procuratorate approved the prosecution of this case in accordance with the law, as it has been more than 20 years since the defendant's arrival.
The procuratorial organs believe that the criminal facts of the defendants Jiang and Xue robbing and killing six victims are clear, and the evidence is indeed and sufficient. The two defendants premeditated robbery and murder, with extremely deep subjective malice, particularly cruel criminal methods, serious criminal consequences, and particularly negative social impact. The crime is extremely serious. According to the principle of proportionality between crime and punishment, it is recommended that the two defendants be sentenced to death and executed immediately in accordance with the law.
The Second Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate organized 12 provincial procuratorial organs, including Hebei, Liaoning, and Jiangxi, to observe the trial of key personnel in the serious crime prosecution line.
Relatives of the victim and media reporters participated in the audit. The trial lasted for a whole day, and due to the significant and complex circumstances of the case, the verdict of this case will be announced at a later date.
