China student sentenced for killing snoring room-mate

A university student in northeast China has been given a suspended death sentence for murdering his room-mate after becoming fed up with his loud snoring, state media reported on Friday.

Guo Liwei, 24, was found guilty of fatally stabbing his 23-year-old room-mate in the chest and back in November last year, 'Xinhua' news agency said.

Guo was also ordered by the court in Changchun, the capital of Jilin province, to pay the victim's family more than 270,000 yuan ($39,000) in compensation, it said.

Guo had allegedly angered his room-mate by videotaping him snoring and posting the footage on the website of the Jilin Agricultural University, where the two attended classes, the report said.

A death sentence with a two-year reprieve is commuted to life in prison if the convict commits no further crime while in jail.

- Indian Journalist.