Woman sentenced to death for series of killings

A woman who spent about 20 years on the run after being involved in multiple killings has been sentenced to death by a court in Jiangxi province.

Born in 1974, Lao Rongzhi was convicted of multiple counts of intentional homicide, kidnapping and robbery and was given the death penalty by the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court on Thursday after it combined the punishments. The court also stripped Lao of her political rights and ordered that all her personal property be confiscated.

Lao said she would appeal the ruling.