No verdict reached in brick death case
S H A N G H A I DA I LY Jinghu District People’s Court has yet to pass a verdict following a public hearing in Wuhu on July 25 in which family members of a motorcycle rider, who was killed after being hit by brick that fell from a building, asked for 526,671 yuan ($78,525) in compensation. A total of 176 people from 96 households living above the second floor in a 32-story residential building were taken to court. Forensic scientists confirmed the man had been killed by a falling brick in October, but none of the residents have admitted to throwing a brick.
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