Auckland City Police have been advised by Chinese authorities that judges in the case of murder-accused Xiao Zhen will deliver their verdict next Wednesday.
Xiao was tried for the murder of Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini in Mount Eden on January 31, 2010.
He has admitted murdering Mr Mohini but says he did not intend to.
He claimed when he caught his taxi the pair got chatting, and when Xiao said he worked in a hotel, Mr Mohini was not impressed.
The court heard how Xiao allegedly stabbed Mr Mohini in the heart because he was angry at comments the taxi driver had made.
Xiao alleges Mr Mohini said that Asians come to New Zealand to steal jobs, and then a argument broke out in the cab.
Xiao said he asked Mr Mohini to let him out, but he refused without his fare, then things took a horrible turn.
"I did not mean to kill the driver. I am sorry for what I did. I am guilty," he said.
"Please forgive me ... I am still young, have no previous criminal record and am the only child in the family. I was scared of the result so I did not surrender. Please consider these reasons for giving me a lenient sentence."
Xiao eluded New Zealand police for a week after Mr Mohini was killed and then fled to China.
The 24-year-old kitchen hand is on trial in Shanghai, after a deal was brokered between Chinese and New Zealand authorities.
Mr Mohini's widow Falguni told 3 News she did not go to the trial for several reasons; she could not afford it and she did not want to leave the girls, but mainly because she could not face it
Xiao faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and Falguni Mohini hopes he gets it, and hopes he thinks about what he has done every single day.
Under the Chinese Crimes Act there are different categories of murder. From the time he was first formally charged some months ago, Xiao was charged with the category 'Murder - Wounding with intent to cause death'.
3 News