Man was sentenced for smashing subway station glass with a slingshot to vent his emotions.
Beijing Youth Daily News In order to vent his emotions, he used a slingshot to shoot a projectile. The man Anmou broke three glass curtain walls in the East Hall of Houshayu Station of Beijing Metro Line 15. Yesterday, the Beijing Youth Daily reporter was informed that the Shunyi court sentenced Anmou to two years in prison and suspended for two years for the crime of seeking trouble.
At 19 o’clock on April 11, 2019 and at 21 o’clock on May 10, 2019, Anmou drove a truck from north to south on Jingmi Road, passing through the east side of Houshayu Station of the subway, and used a slingshot to fire bullets to vent his emotions. Three glass curtain walls in the east hall of Houshayu Station of Line 15 subway were broken.
It is reported that "bullet holes" appear in the glass curtain wall of Houshayu Station in Shunyi, Metro Line 15. Police officer Zhao of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Public Transport Corps of Beijing Public Security Bureau said: "This kind of special glass is not easy to break if it is not acted by external force, and scattered steel balls are found on the spot." After receiving the report, the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Public Transport Corps set up a task force in conjunction with the police station of Fengbo Station and sent a number of investigators to investigate.
At about 9: 50 pm on May 11th, an investigator found that when a closed pickup truck passed Jingmi Road outside Houshayu subway station, the driver rolled down the window and took out a slingshot, "shooting" at the glass curtain wall and quickly fled after breaking the glass. Then the police quickly found the man Anmou in a community in Houshayu and arrested him.
"We got more than 90 steel balls, 11 clay balls and a slingshot in the car." Zhao police officer said that when he saw the arrival of the police, Anmou confessed his behavior. "Breaking the glass to vent his dissatisfaction, I regret it now."
Anmou, a water delivery worker, said that he was in a bad mood because of conflicts with his family. In order to vent his emotions, he took out his slingshot and shot steel balls on the glass when he walked to Jingmi Road outside Houshayu subway station. After driving around, I shot at the second glass.
After identification, the loss price of three damaged glass curtain walls was 62,700 yuan. His family has compensated the victims for their losses. Anmou obtained the understanding of the victim unit. Anmou was prosecuted to Shunyi court for allegedly seeking trouble.
After trial, the court held that Anmou arbitrarily damaged public property, and the circumstances were serious. His behavior violated the social public management order and constituted a crime of seeking trouble and should be punished. In view of the fact that Anmou truthfully stated the facts of the crime, pleaded guilty and repented, and had compensated the injured unit for economic losses and obtained understanding, he was given a lighter punishment and suspended sentence according to law. In the first instance, the court sentenced Anmou to two years in prison and suspended for two years for the crime of seeking trouble.
(Beijing Youth Daily reporter Song Xia correspondent Geng Ruoshi)