Zhang Bo, 27, (right) threw his two children, aged 2 and 1, from his apartment building in Chongqing, China, because his new girlfriend Ye Chengchen (left)would not marry him while he was the father to someone else's children
The two young children fell from the tower block in the municipality of Chongqing, China, on November 2 last year.
Zhang Bo's daughter Zhang Ruixue, 2, died instantly, while his son Zhang Yangrui, 1, died shortly after from his injuries.
The 27-year-old had met Ye Chengchen, who he wanted to marry, but she refused to accept him while he already had children and so did her parents.
Zhang Bo's daughter Zhang Ruixue, 2, died instantly, while his son Zhang Yangrui, 1, died shortly after from his injuries
The man then threw both children out of the window before running downstairs to appear grief-stricken at what had just happened.
Bo threw both children out of the window before running downstairs to appear grief-stricken at what had just happened. He was filmed banging his head on the wall and crying uncontrollably (pictured), which prosecutors said was all a sham
He claimed at the time that he was asleep when the children fell out of the window and said he was woken up by people shouting downstairs after discovering the bodies on a grass lawn.
The two children were thrown from a balcony on the 15th-floor of Bo's apartment complex in the municipality of Chongqing
Zhang started a relationship with Chengchen while he was still married, and he divorced Meilin later. Custody of the children was shared, so the daughter would remain with her mother and the son would remain with his father until he was six-years-old.
However, he asked to look after his daughter on the day that he killed both of them after seeing his girlfriend cut her wrists during a live video chat.
The dead children's mother Chen said: 'At that time, Zhang was on a video phone call with Ye. She slit her wrists and then Zhang got scared. The phone was dropped, he picked up the two children, and threw them from the balcony.'
According to local media, the father admitted he and Ye had plotted to kill the children so that they could start a new family without any children from his former marriage.
The suspect's ex-wife said: 'The moment I heard my kids were actually thrown out of the 15th-floor by their father and the mistress, I couldn't find any words to describe my feelings.
She claimed her ex-husband cried in court and apologised for his actions while his girlfriend denied accusations against her many times.
The trial got underway at the Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court in July.
On 28th December, Zhang was reportedly sentenced to death for killing his children. His girlfriend was also sentenced to death for pressuring the father to carry out the crime.
It is unclear if they plan to appeal the decision.
Comment: At a time when China is being vilified by the Western press as a totalitarian and brutal regime, and largely without merit, it's notable that most of the comments on the Daily Mail website say that they agree with the verdict given by the Chinese court, with the vast majority criticizing the lenient sentences criminals receive in the West. Obviously this isn't necessarily fully representative of public opinion, but it does provide some insight into how people feel about the justice system in the West.
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