{"id":49591,"date":"2017-05-03T10:48:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T17:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=49591"},"modified":"2017-05-03T10:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T17:54:17","slug":"britains-body-in-a-suitcase-gambler-packs-his-bags-for-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/britains-body-in-a-suitcase-gambler-packs-his-bags-for-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s \u201cBody in a Suitcase\u201d Gambler Packs His Bags for Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Known in the UK’s tabloid media as the “body in a suitcase<\/a>” killer, gambler Ming Jiang was sentenced to life imprisonment by a British judge on Tuesday. Jiang murdered his high-rolling friend Yiang Lui last fall in order to assume his identity and steal his money to further fund his own gambling play.<\/p>\n

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Ex-Lufthansa flight attendant Ming Jiang, left, brutally murdered and dismembered his friend Yiang Lui, right, to fund his out-of-control gambling habits. (Image: Greater Manchester Police\/BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jiang, 43, killed and dismembered fellow Chinese<\/a> national and successful financial investor Lui, 36, last October, before stuffing his torso into a suitcase, which he then set on fire.<\/p>\n

Judge John Potter described the former Lufthansa air steward as \u201chighly dangerous,\u201d informing Jiang that he would likely spend the rest of his life in prison, as he handed down a minimum of 33 years before parole could even be considered.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou killed a gentle and kind young man with … cunning for your own selfish desire to feed your gambling habits,\u201d said Potter. \u201cYou befriended this man and moved in the same social circles as him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were given special status in some casinos, despite being banned from others for what is reported as your erratic behavior,\u201d the judge added at Jiang’s sentencing. \u201cBut you came up with a plan which was chilling and which was a murder committed by you for personal gain.\u201d<\/p>\n

$230,000 Gambling Spree<\/h2>\n

That plan involved leaving a smoldering suitcase, into which Jiang had stuffed his former friend\u2019s body parts, in a remote drivers\u2019 rest area, before stealing Lui\u2019s credit cards and passport in order to gain access to his bank account. Then within days of the killing, the murderer began making arrangements for a \u201cquick sale\u201d of Lui\u2019s Manchester apartment.<\/p>\n

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Jiang, who was described by prosecutors as an \u201cinsatiable gambler,\u201d had debts of \u00a3273,000 ($340,000) at two casinos at the time of the killing, and was broke. Two weeks later, he bought \u00a3178,000 ($230,000) in chips with Lui\u2019s money and went on a gambling bender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Judge Potter felt no sympathy for the killer’s situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour high-spending, high-rolling behavior was in fact a selfish and self-centered veneer, behind which you hid a life of increasing dependency on debt, which was rapidly spinning out of control,\u201d noted the judge.<\/p>\n

Friends and Lovers<\/h2>\n

Police used license plate recognition technology to place Jiang\u2019s car near the scene of the crime on the night of the murder. They subsequently found Liu\u2019s DNA matched bloodstains in the trunk of Jiang’s vehicle.<\/p>\n

Jiang told detectives that he and Liu were gay lovers about to enter into a civil partnership and that Liu was also a paid escort for older Chinese men, an assertion dismissed by the prosecution as an \u201celaborate smokescreen of slurs.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the nature of this murder, I anticipate the [parole] authorities, at the appropriate time, should it ever be reached, will have to consider with very great care the danger you present to the public,\u201d summarized the judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Known in the UK’s tabloid media as the “body in a suitcase” killer, gambler Ming Jiang was sentenced to life imprisonment by a British judge on Tuesday. Jiang murdered his high-rolling friend Yiang Lui last fall in order to assume his identity and steal his money to further fund his own gambling play. 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