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Daughter faces court over mother's death

Updated: 2013-07-19 17:39

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A 20-year-old woman was put on trial for killing her mother in Guangdong province on Thursday, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported.

The defendant, surnamed Xiong, continuously hit her bed-ridden mother Zeng, 42, according to public prosecutors at Dongguan No 1 Intermediate People's Court.

The mother's body was discovered at about 8 am on Jan 1.

A verdict was not issued on Thursday.

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