Beijing July 31 (IANS) Two men were sentenced to death for killing four people in 1995 a court in east China s Zhejiang Province ruled on Monday after police managed to make a DNA match of the duo in 2017.
The defendants surnamed Wang and Liu were convicted of robbery and homicide by the Intermediate People s Court of Huzhou. They were also deprived of political rights for life and all of their personal property was confiscated Xinhua reported.
The court said a family of three who ran a guesthouse in Shengshe Village Zhili Township were killed in the early hours on November 29 1995. A guest was also killed.
The court said the crime was cruel and the consequences were grave.
Wang and Liu became suspects after police made a DNA match in 2017. By then Liu had become a well-known writer in neighbouring Anhui Province.

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