Man facing China death penalty after strangling baby in back of stolen car

A man who strangled a baby boy after realising the infant was in the back seat of a car he had just stolen has been sentenced to death in a north-eastern Chinese court, concluding a case which had triggered public anger.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the Changchun Intermediate People’s Court found Zhou Xijun guilty of murder and sentenced him to death on Monday.