Gruesome. It’s the only way to describe the tale of homicidal and violent criminal activity spanning 20 years over much of China which has now come to an end with the other half of a notorious pair handed the death penalty.
可怕的。这是描述中国大部分地区长达20年的凶杀和暴力犯罪活动故事的唯一方式，如今，随着一对臭名昭著的情侣的另一半被判处死刑，这个故事已经结束了。
Yesterday, 30 November, at 09:30, the case of Lao Rongzhi was pronounced in the second instance in the Jiangxi High Court, upholding the first-instance verdict dating from September, 2021, and calling for Lao’s execution.
昨天，11月30日上午9时30分，劳荣枝案在江西高院二审宣判，维持2021年9月一审判决，并要求执行死刑。
Lao will leave behind her a serial killer’s list of victims, although she has never actually taken a life herself. Nevertheless, Lao was key accomplice to the murders through her aiding and abetting of her partner in the kind of spine-chilling manner only usually imagined by Hollywood.
劳将留下一份连环杀手的受害者名单，尽管她本人从未真正自杀过。尽管如此，劳通过好莱坞通常想象的那种令人毛骨悚然的方式帮助和教唆她的伴侣，成为了谋杀案的主要同谋。
Her life of crime began when Lao was aged just 22, as the girlfriend of Fa Ziying, who was about to spend the next 3 years on a murderous rampage. As The Paper reports, after his capture in 1999, Lao would spend the next 20 years hiding under new identities, until it all caught up with her to then finally come to an end yesterday.
她的犯罪生涯始于劳年仅22岁，作为法子英的女朋友，而法子英即将在接下来的三年里陷入杀人狂潮。据澎湃新闻报道，1999年被捕后，劳在接下来的20年里以新的身份躲藏起来，直到这一切终于在昨天结束。
Murders, Robbery, Kidnapping, Hiding, Apprehension, Sentencing; a Lao Rongzhi Timeline
谋杀、抢劫、绑架、藏匿、逮捕、判刑；劳荣枝时间轴
1996
Fa becomes embroiled in a fight and stabs others with a harpoon. He leaves Jiujiang in Jiangxi with Lao, who had previously been a primary teacher in the Jiujiang Petrochemical Company Children’s School.
法卷入打斗并用鱼叉刺伤他人。他和曾在九江石化公司儿童学校担任小学教师的老先生一起离开江西九江。
July 1996
1996年7月
The two flee to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. Lao enters a local dance hall with the stolen ID card of “Chen Jia”.
两人逃往江西南昌。劳带着偷来的“陈佳”身份证进入当地一家舞厅。
28 July, 1996
1996年7月28日
Lao Rongzhi lured a man surnamed Xiong to her rental home in Nanchang, where Fa kills Xiong, before going to his home to steal his property and there, kill both Xiong’s wife and 3-year-old daughter.
劳荣枝将熊姓男子引诱至她位于南昌的出租屋，将熊某杀死，然后到其家中抢夺其财物，并杀害了熊某的妻子和3岁的女儿。
29 July, 1996
1996年7月29日
The Public Security Bureau of Nanchang in Jiangxi, open a robbery and intentional homicide case, and issue a wanted order on 18 August to pursue the suspects, Fa and Lao.
江西南昌市公安局以抢劫、故意杀人案立案，于8月18日通缉犯罪嫌疑人发某、劳某。
August 1996
1996年8月
Lao and Fa go to Wenzhou, Huangyan (now Taizhou), Nanjing, Guangzhou, Macao, Beijing, Hangzhou, Hefei and other places, staying for only 10 days in each.
老和法去温州、黄岩（今台州）、南京、广州、澳门、北京、杭州、合肥等地，每次只停留10天。
October 1997
1997年10月
Lao and Fa flee to Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, to rob and steal from people surnamed Liang and Liu, killing them both.
劳、发逃至浙江温州，对梁、刘二人进行抢劫，将二人杀害。
1998
Lao and Fa flee to Changzhou in Jiangsu Province. After luring their next victim, surnamed Liu, to their rental home, Fa, hiding by the door, kidnaps Liu. Fa stabs Liu in the chest and Lao then ties him up with iron wire, asking him to call his wife. When Fa goes out to collect the ransom, Lao again threatens Liu with his life. The two rob Liu of ¥70,000 and leave. It is the only case regarding which the two people shall make a statement.
劳和法逃往江苏省常州。在将下一个受害者刘某引诱到他们的出租屋后，法躲在门口绑架了刘某。法刺伤了刘的胸部，劳用铁丝把他绑起来，让他给妻子打电话。当阿法出去领取赎金时，劳再次以生命威胁刘。两人抢走刘某的7万元后离开。这是两人唯一需要发表声明的案件。
21 June 21, 1999
21 六月 21, 1999
Lao and Fa flee to Hefei in Anhui Province. Lao goes to a local dance hall under the pseudonym of “Shen Lingqiu”, where she meets an apparently rich local man, surnamed Yin.
老和法逃到安徽省合肥市。劳化名“沉灵秋”来到当地一家歌舞厅，在那里她遇到了一位姓殷的当地富翁。
22 July, 1999
1999年7月22日
Yin is invited by Lao to her rental home. Upon entering, he is kidnapped by Fa and locked in a prepared cage. In order to threaten Yin, Fa tricks a repair man, surnamed Lu, to the home on the pretext of fixing a window. Fa kills Lu in front of Yan Mouhua and hides his corpse in a freezer that Lao had bought in advance.
尹被劳邀请到她的出租屋。一进门就被Fa绑架，关在事先准备好的笼子里。发为了威胁尹，以修窗户为由，将卢姓修理工骗到家中。发当着严某华的面杀死了卢某，并将其尸体藏在了老某事先购买的冰箱里。
23 July, 1999
1999年7月23日
Fa and Yin’s wife agreed on a time to pay the ransom. Fa is asked to wait at home under the excuse of raising the money, and the time is used by Yin’s wife to entrust colleagues to report the case to the police. Hefei Public Security Bureau officers and the three riot-police teams rush to the scene and surrounded Room 409. Fa is captured on the spot. Lao flees.
法和尹的妻子约定了支付赎金的时间。花以筹钱为由要求在家等候，尹妻则利用时间委托同事向警方报案。合肥市公安局干警和三支防暴警察赶到现场，包围了409室，法某被当场抓获。老挝逃跑了。
18 November, 1999
1999 年 11 月 18 日
The case of Fa’s suspected kidnapping, intentional homicide and robbery is heard in Hefei Intermediate People’s Court. By the opening of the first instance, Fa has covered for Lao seven times. Fa is sentenced to death.
法某涉嫌绑架、故意杀人、抢劫案正在合肥市中级人民法院审理。截至一审开庭，法已为老挝代理七次。法被判处死刑。
28 December, 1999
1999年12月28日
Fa is publicly executed.
法被公开处决。
1999 – 2019
Lao lives a life in hiding under the pseudonym of “雪莉” (Shirley). Xiamen police of Fujian Province will later disclose that she makes a living doing odd jobs, together with taking short-term jobs in bars, KTV joints and other places.
劳化名“雪莉”，过着躲藏的生活。福建省厦门警方随后透露，她以打零工为生，并在酒吧、KTV等场所做短期工作。
28 November, 2019
2019 年 11 月 28 日
Exactly 20 years after fleeing, Lao is captured by police at a watch counter in Dongbai Caitang Plaza in Huli District of Xiamen.
逃亡20年后，老刘在厦门湖里区东百彩堂广场的手表柜台被警方抓获。
5 December, 2019
2019 年 12 月 5 日
Nanchang Public Security Bureau send personnel to escort Lao back to Nanchang.
南昌市公安局派员护送老先生返回南昌。
17 December, 2019
2019 年 12 月 17 日
The People’s Procuratorate of Nanchang approve the arrest of Lao according to law.
南昌市人民检察院依法批准逮捕劳某。
31 August, 2020
2020 年 8 月 31 日
The People’s Procuratorate of Nanchang file a public prosecution to Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court regarding the case of Lao, who is suspected of intentional homicide, kidnapping and robbery.
南昌市人民检察院以涉嫌故意杀人、绑架、抢劫罪向南昌市中级人民法院提起公诉。
21 & 22 December, 2020
2020年12月21日至22日
Upon listening to the indictment in a court session to hear the case, Lao claimed she was coerced by Fa into participating in the crimes. The prosecution believes that Lao is the principal perpetrator of a series of crimes. Her criminal means were extremely cruel, the criminal consequences of which extremely serious, harm to society great and her subjective malignancy extremely deep.
在审理此案的法庭上听取起诉书后，劳声称自己是被法胁迫参与犯罪的。检方认为，老挝是一系列犯罪行为的主犯。其犯罪手段极其残忍，犯罪后果极其严重，社会危害极大，主观恶性极深。
9 September, 2021
2021 年 9 月 9 日
The Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court publicly announce in the first instance that Lao is guilty of intentional homicide, kidnapping and robbery, deciding to execute the death penalty. Lao expresses dissatisfaction and makes a subsequent appeal.
南昌市中级人民法院一审公开宣布，劳某犯故意杀人罪、绑架罪、抢劫罪，决定执行死刑。老挝表示不满，随后提出上诉。
18 – 20 August, 2022
2022年8月18日至20日
The Jiangxi High Court hears the appeal. The two sides express their opinions on whether Lao’s actions constitute the crime of intentional homicide, her role in joint crimes and whether the sentencing in the first instance was too heavy. At the end of the trial, Lao makes a final statement. The court adjourn.
江西省高院审理了上诉。双方就劳某的行为是否构成故意杀人罪、共同犯罪中的作用以及一审量刑是否过重等问题发表了意见。庭审结束时，老挝作了最后陈述。法庭休庭。
30 November, 2022
2022 年 11 月 30 日
The first-instance verdict is upheld by the Jiangxi High Court.
江西省高院维持一审判决。
