Life for man who killed family
Anxiang Du was today jailed at Northampton Crown Court for life with minimum of 40 years after being convicted of murdering four members of the Ding family at their home in Wootton, Northamptonshire, in April 2011.
Man jailed for 'cold-blooded murders'
Sentencing Anxiang Du, who stood in the dock staring down at his hands, Mr Justice Flaux told him the jury had rejected his defence of diminished responsibility or loss of control.
Barristers for Du had argued he should be convicted of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility or loss of control as he was suffering a severe depressive illness at the time of the killings but jurors dismissed the claims.
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Man convicted of murdering family of four
Anxiang Du has been found guilty of killing a family of four in a revenge attack after he lost a legal case against the parents in 2011.
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Murder families 'cried together'
Relatives of the Dings who were stabbed to death have said it was "like the whole sky had fallen down" when they heard about the murders.