21 September 2012 :

Bogu Kailai, wife of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on charges of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. A people's court in Hefei in east China's Anhui province also deprived Bogu of political rights for life, Xinhua reported. Zhang Xiaojun, a co-accused in the case, was sentenced to nine years in prison. The court found that in the latter half of 2011, Bogu Kailai and her son surnamed Bo had a conflict with Heywood over economic interests. Heywood had threatened Bo in e-mails, which made Bogu Kailai fear for her son's personal safety and she then decided to murder Heywood. A forensic lab under the ministry of public security confirmed that Heywood died from cyanide poisoning.