The Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal by a military police officer who had been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in May last year.
The verdict is now final for the man, surnamed Hsu (許), who was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend, a fellow officer surnamed Liu (劉), by strangling her to death before desecrating her body.
In the first and second trials, Hsu received a life sentence and was deprived of his civil rights for life, after being convicted of offenses including murder as an active-duty soldier.
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Hsu and Liu broke up on May 16 last year, and on May 18, Hsu visited Liu’s residence in New Taipei City in an attempt to reconcile, court documents said.
When Liu refused, he flew into a rage and strangled her to death, after which he used her mobile phone to impersonate her and send messages to her colleagues and older sister, leading them to believe she was still alive, the documents said.
Liu’s sister, who lived with her, grew suspicious when Liu did not leave her bedroom and entered, finding her body, the documents said.
The sister then called the police, and when he was arrested, Hsu became unstable and attempted to cut himself with a knife before being restrained, they said.
The New Taipei District Court found the offense severe in nature and said that Hsu’s desecration of Liu’s body had inflicted irreparable trauma on her family.
The Taiwan High Court upheld the original ruling and found no errors in the sentencing, and the Supreme Court finalized the verdict.
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