The Second Intermediate Court has sentenced a man to death for the murder of his ex-wife, whom he stabbed 20 times in the chest, abdomen and back last December.

An autopsy revealed that the woman's lungs and liver had been punctured in the attack. She died of excessive blood loss on the way to hospital.

After Cui Yun, the husband, lost all of his money gambling, he asked He, his ex-wife, who lived with their son, for more. When she refused, he attacked and killed her.

The couple had been paid a subsidy for the demolition of the house they had shared before their divorce.

Cui wanted He's part of the subsidy to pay off his gambling debts.

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