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A woman has been sentenced to death by a court in Ningbo, Zhejiang province after she hired a hit man to murder her daughter-in-law, driven by jealousy over the young woman's relationship with her son.

The woman, surnamed Zhang, admitted before the trial that she wanted to kill her daughter-in-law, surnamed Zhao, because she felt that Zhao had stolen her son from her, local media reported. Unable to move past her grudge, Zhang decided to hire a killer to get rid of the young woman.

In February, Zhang paid two killers 150,000 RMB to stab Zhao to death, which they did on Feb. 26. Zhang helped the killers to familiarize themselves with the residential compound where Zhao lived, even providing them with a knife and gloves. Zhao was stabbed several times in the stomach and died of traumatic hemorrhagic shock. The killers fled the scene after covering up the body, Thepaper.cn reported.

Along with the victim’s parents, Zhang’s son and grandson also pressed charges, demanding a total of 500,000 RMB in compensation. Zhang was asked to shoulder 300,000 RMB of the total compensation.

The two killers were also sentenced, one to death with reprieve and the other to eight years in prison.