斯威士兰连环杀人犯面临绞刑

时间：2011-04-03 05:25:45

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A serial¹ killer² responsible for at least 28 deaths in the southern African state of Swaziland has been sentenced to death by hanging.

非洲东南部国家斯威士兰一个至少杀害28人的连环杀人犯将被处以绞刑。

Simelane is to appeal against the verdict and the sentence
A judge handed down the sentence nine days after David Simelane was convicted.

His lawyer said he would appeal against（提出上诉） both the verdict（结论，裁定） and the sentence.

The killings³ are thought to have begun in the late 1990s and lasted until 2001 when police arrested Simelane after a tip-off（密报，警告） .

He led the police to shallow graves where 45 bodies were found altogether, including several pregnant women.

The serial killer was charged with 34 murders and convicted of 28.

No executions have been carried out in Swaziland since 1983.

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1 serial
n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的
参考例句：
A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。 Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

2 killer
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
参考例句：
Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。 The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

3 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )；突然发大财，暴发
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His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。 The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。