China’s Gu Kailai Gets Death Sentence With Reprieve: Witnesses

Combination photo shows British businessman Neil Heywood and Gu Kailai, wife of China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Bo XilaiHEFEI, China (Reuters) – A Chinese court on Monday sentenced Gu Kailai, wife of ousted politician Bo Xilai, to death with a two-year reprieve for murdering a British businessman, two witnesses to the closed-door hearing said, in a scandal that has shaken China's leadership transition. The sentence means that Gu is likely to face life in jail, provided she does not commit offences in the next two years. …

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