A Chinese court described the defendant's motives as 'vile,' his criminal intent as 'resolute' and his means as 'cruel.'
According to the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province, the American citizen met his victim, a 21-year-old woman identified only by her last name Chen, in early 2019. Abdulmateen"falsely claimed to be divorced and single," before gradually establishing a relationship with Chen.
After Chen"lost the ability to resist," the defendant"continued to jab Chen's face with the knife," causing the victim to die of severe blood loss, in what the court called a"premeditated revenge killing." "The circumstances of the crime were particularly bad and the consequences particularly serious, deserving of punishment according to law," it said.
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