Policeman's son gets 6-year jail term
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A man who invoked his policeman father's name at a crowd of witnesses after killing a young woman with his car on a north China university campus has been sentenced to six years in jail, court authorities said Sunday.
Li Qiming, 23, pled guilty to drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter, the People's Court in Wangdu County said in a statement Sunday morning.
Li stood first trial at the court last Wednesday, more than three months after he hit two college girls, killing one and injuring the other, on the campus of Hebei University on the evening of Oct. 16.
Li did not say if he would appeal the court's ruling.
The court statement said Li had received leniency because he confessed to all his crimes and his family reconciled with the victims' families through compensation.
Li's parents has paid 460,000 yuan (69,880 U.S. dollars) to the family of Chen Xiaofeng, 20.
The other victim, 20-year-old Zhang Jingjing who suffered fractured leg, received 91,000 yuan in compensation.
Li's lawyer Zhang Jinlong, however, had petitioned for a lighter sentence of three years with reprieve in court.
Zhang was not available for an interview Sunday.
Li Qiming tried to flee the scene after the accident, and gained nationwide notoriety by reportedly shouting "Sue me if you dare, my father is Li Gang."
Li Gang was deputy chief of the public security bureau in Baoding city's Beishi district, where the university is located.
"My father is Li Gang" became infamous as a catch phrase, which netizens worked into classical poetry, jokes and doggerel to vent their fury over the vicious words and behavior of the privileged and the children of power and wealth.
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