Zhang Fan, 29, and her father Zhang Lidon, 55, were given the death sentence on Saturday, following trial at the Yantai Intermediate People’s Court in Shandong, eastern China, state media have reported.

Both are members of the banned “All-powerful Spirit” cult in China, also known as the Church of Almighty God, which believes Jesus has been resurrected as a Chinese woman who is also the founder’s wife.

Together with three fellow cult members they were found guilty of murdering 37-year-old Wu Shuoyan who they claimed was an “evil spirit” after she allegedly refused to give them her telephone number.

They attacked her with mops and chairs before stamping on her during the attack at a fast food outlet in Zhaoyuan, Shandong province, on May 28.

Lu Yingchun, 39, another member of the murderous gang, was handed a life sentence while two others, Zhang Hang and Zhang Qiaolian, received 10 and seven years respectively. All three also faced cult related charges.

It is understood a 12-year-old was also tried in relation to the murder in a separate court, although more details have yet to emerge.

The attack was dubbed “extremely cruel” by court officials after they heard the five-strong gang had forbidden anyone in the fast food restaurant from intervening to stop the violent attack.

During the trial, which began in August, Fan, Lidon and Yingchun told the court they had acted in self-defence after they were attacked by the “demon’s supernatural powers”.

All death sentences handed out by trial courts must be reviewed by China’s supreme court.

The cult was banned by in China after it called for a battle to defeat the “Red Dragon” – referring to the ruling communist party. It is one of 14 cults that have been listed as illegal in the country.

Also known as the Quannengshen group, its founder Zhao Weisha is understood to have fled to the United States of America in September 2000.

Or, from the Prosecutor Daily:

http://news.jcrb.com/jxsw/201410/t20141011_1438604.html

山东招远“麦当劳杀人案”一审宣判 2人被判死刑
中新网10月11日电 据山东省烟台市中级人民法院官方微博消息,备受关注的山东招远涉邪教故意杀人案今日上午在烟台中院第一审判庭公开宣判。张帆、张立冬被判死刑。
　　2014年5月28日,6名全能神教徒在山东招远一家麦当劳餐厅将一名无辜女性吴某殴打致死,引发全国震惊。
　　据警方调查,张立冬及其长女张帆、次女张航、儿子张某、吕迎春、张巧联均系邪教组织“全能神”教成员。5月28日,以上6名犯罪嫌疑人在山东招远一家麦当劳餐厅将吴某残忍殴打致死。警方随后将6人抓捕归案。经审查,6人对殴打吴某的犯罪事实供认不讳。在审讯过程中,以上人员均称自己信奉全能神教,警方在他们的住处发现了一些有关全能神邪教的宣传资料。
　　8月21日,该案在烟台中院公开开庭审理,检方指控,被告人张帆、张立冬、吕迎春、张航、张巧联犯故意杀人罪,被告人吕迎春、张帆、张立冬犯利用邪教组织破坏法律实施罪。被告人张帆、张立冬、吕迎春犯数罪,应当数罪并罚。
　　在21日上午的庭审中,法庭针对起诉书指控的故意杀人罪进行了调查。公诉人、辩护人、诉讼代理人分别对五被告人进行了讯问或发问,审判人员也对5名被告进行了讯问。控辩双方还针对五被告人故意杀人的犯罪事实,向法庭进行举证。
　　在作案情陈述时,张帆对几个案情关键点都不承认,她还不承认故意杀人。在庭审时,嫌疑人张帆和张立冬在辩解和陈述时,还不时露出笑容。据张立冬辩护律师透露,在20日上午的会见中,张立冬已经有了忏悔的态度。但在庭审中,与张帆相似,张立冬在作案情陈述时,神态淡定,还不时露出笑容。
　　21日下午,法庭针对起诉书指控的利用邪教组织破坏法律实施罪进行了调查。公诉人、辩护人分别对被告人吕迎春进行了讯问或发问。在审判长主持下,针对被告人吕迎春、张帆、张立冬利用邪教组织破坏法律实施的犯罪事实,由控辩双方向法庭进行举证。
　　据悉,被害人的舅舅吕学义曾经找了很多的目击证人,都无人作证,最终放弃。
　　根据此前的报道,死者家属称将索赔400万元。但在21日上午的庭审中,受害人家属代理律师向法庭提出撤回对张立冬等犯罪嫌疑人的民事诉讼。据介绍,主动将刑事附带民事诉讼撤销,也是全体家属共同做出的决定,希望不给犯罪嫌疑人任何减刑的机会。
　　法庭辩论结束后,被告人张帆、张立冬、吕迎春、张航、张巧联进行了最后陈述。被告人张航、张巧联表示认罪、悔罪。

Edited by Lykourgos (Oct. 13, 2014 21:28:40)

Lykourgos posted:

A group of christian cultists were recently sentenced in China for murder. Apparently the founder of the cult has fled to the United States, hopefully the other christians will be brought to justice eventually.

he probably will be the head of a major corporation