Kiko's killer jailed for 16 years

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Fri, 27 May 2011 5:32p.m.

Yongxin Li initially denied being involved

Yongxin Li initially denied being involved

A Chinese student in Auckland has been jailed for at least 16 years for murdering another Chinese student, known as Kiko.

The motive was money.

Yongxin Li planned to rob and kill someone, so he chose a friend.

The body of Jiayi Li - known as Kiko - was found with 22 stab wounds in the boot of her car in Hamilton.

Yongxin initially denied being involved in Kiko's murder, but changed his plea to guilty earlier this year and has today been sentenced to 16 years in the Auckland High Court.

Two other men, one of them also charged with murder, claim they are not guilty and will stand trial in September.

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27 May 2011 11:08p.m.

PRY wrote:

Send him back to china using prison exchange program. He does not deserve to be in New Zealand and why should we shoulder his cost ???

27 May 2011 08:28p.m.

Pepper wrote:

NZ prisons are nicer than Chinese city apartments.

27 May 2011 07:49p.m.

katrina wrote:

He is not a NZ citizen. Cancell what his studen visa and make them serve their time in a Chinese prison, why should hard working New Zealanders have to pay.