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US student guilty of murdering Chinese partner after row over STDs
Joshua Michals stabbed and strangled Goldsmiths student Zhe Wang after a dispute over a suspected sexually transmitted infection, with the jury deliberating over 16 hours before the guilty verdict.
- On 20 March last year, Joshua Michals, 26, was found guilty at the Old Bailey, London of murdering Goldsmiths University creative writing student Zhe Wang, 31, after 16 and a half hours of jury deliberation.
- The dispute began after Zhe Wang, 31, Goldsmiths University creative writing student, found a `red dot` and demanded Michals get an STD test, while Michals said he visited her with a charcuterie board to `normalise` the `bizarre situation`.
- Prosecutors said Michals stabbed Ms Wang twice in the face and strangled her inside her flat, then disposed of her phone at a refuse site in Newham, east London, before calling his father and 999.
- Judge Richard Marks KC will impose a life sentence on Michals and set the minimum term at a later hearing; Michals remains remanded in custody to await sentencing when Ms Wang's parents can be present.
- Goldsmiths University paid tribute, calling Zhe Wang a `remarkable writer` and said her works will be published posthumously in an upcoming anthology, while classmates and peers mourn her joyful, generous spirit.
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US student guilty of murdering Chinese partner after row over STDs
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