Liu Baiwei was sentenced to life for brutally killing his ex-girlfriend. He appealed for a light sentence. The family of the deceased said: the first trial sentence was too light.

Liu Baiwei was suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend surnamed Gu in a Taipei parking lot and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial. The second instance of the High Court session opened today. Liu Nan admitted to the murder but denied premeditation and hoped to be sentenced to 15 years in prison. The prosecutor pointed out that his family members believed that the original sentence was too light.

The prosecutor stated in court that the victim's family believed that the life sentence imposed in the first instance was too light and therefore appealed. In addition, the original judgment found that Liu Nan’s transcripts during police interviews and interrogations had no evidence and were obviously inappropriate. If the national judge saw Liu Nan’s relevant confessions, he might be deemed cunning and sentenced to death.

Liu Baiwei admitted to killing Gu Nu, but emphasized that it was not a premeditated murder and hoped that the court would sentence him to 15 years in prison.

The whole case began when Liu Nan and Gu Nu were working at a nightclub in Xinyi District, Taipei City. The two dated and lived together in early 114. Liu Nan suspected that Gu Nu was unfaithful, and the two quarreled many times. In May last year, Mr. Liu slapped Gu Nu and destroyed Gu Nu's brand-name clothes with scissors. Gu Nu called the police to file an assault complaint, decided to break up, and applied for a temporary protection order.

The prosecutor's investigation revealed that after the breakup, Liu Nan went to Gu Nu's residence in Wenshan District three times to wait and contain her. The court issued a protection order on July 28 last year, prohibiting Liu Nan from unlawfully harming Gu Nu, either physically or mentally.

The police called Liu Nan at 6:10 p.m. on July 30 last year and warned him not to approach or harass Gu Nu and other contents of the protection order. Unexpectedly, about 2 hours later, Liu Nan drove a rental car to the underground parking lot of a shopping mall in Xinyi District to ambush at 8:10 p.m.

The prosecutor pointed out that Liu waited for about 30 minutes. When Gu Nu appeared, he stabbed her with a knife and dragged the unconscious Gu Nu to the stairwell and abandoned her. Passers-by noticed something strange and called the police. Gu Nu was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, but she still died from massive bleeding.

Liu Nan drove away after committing the crime, returned the car and fled to his grandfather's residence in Yilan County to hide. The police followed the lead and arrested him. The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office charged Liu Nan with homicide.

The National Judge's Court of the Taipei District Court sentenced Liu Nan to life imprisonment in July this year. The case was appealed and heard by the High Court.