二审开庭劳荣枝否认故意杀人丨High-profile murder case continues appeal process

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Lao Rongzhi, who has been in the spotlight for her involvement in multiple killings, denied the allegation of intentional homicide when Jiangxi Provincial High People's Court heard her appeal case on Thursday. ▲ Lao Rongzhi, charged with five counts of intentional homicide, kidnapping and robbery, appears at her trial in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, on Dec 21, 2020. Photo/Xinhua Lao was convicted of intentional killing, robbery and kidnapping and was given the death penalty by the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court in Jiangxi last September after it combined her punishments. The intermediate court said at the time that Lao, who was born in Jiangxi in 1974 and used to be a primary school teacher, worked with her ex-boyfriend Fa Ziying to commit the crimes from 1996 to 1999. She would pick targets at entertainment venues and Fa would attack them. It added the pair participated in robberies, kidnappings and killings in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi; Wenzhou, Zhejiang province; Chang ………………………………