2010-03-26 00:24

CHANGCHUN: A college student who killed his roommate for snoring in 2009 was sentenced to death with a 2-year reprieve in northeast China's Jilin Province Thursday.

Guo Liwei, a 24-year-old college student who had become fed up with his roommate's snoring, confessed to stabbing him to death at night on November 14, 2009 in Changchun, the provincial capital.

Zhao Yan, 23, was stabbed in the chest and back in his room at Jilin Agricultural University. Then Guo called the police.

Guo was ordered to compensate the victim's family with over 270,000 yuan ($39,542 US dollars) by Changchun Intermediate People's Court.

Guo was also deprived of political rights for life, the verdict reads. Guo said at court that he would not appeal.

Guo had complained to Zhao about his snoring and posted a video of him snoring on a university website, which created tension between the two.

"I told Zhao about it and he became angry. He verbally abused me several times, prompting me to kill him," Guo said.