A student at a boarding school has been jailed after stabbing another Chinese student twice with a knife in a argument over soy sauce. Minheng
He, 18 years old from South China is a boarder at Langley School in Loddon, Norfolk.
Above: The attacker Minheng He.
The judge Andrew
Shaw said the boy's friend made a
meal at the school at about 7.30pm and was ready to eat it.
He needed some soy sauce and went to his friend to borrow some Soy sauce which was refused.
The victim then asked He how much he was going to pay for it. This caused an argument.The boy meant it as a joke but the his student friend was not amused and the two boys exchanged angry words. He tell his victim to 'wait where he was' before he ran off upstairs. He returned with with something in his hand and walked quickly to his friend, pushed him to a corner and stabbed him with a sharp knife. The attacker breathing heavily and holding a knife with blo
od on the handle. The attacker said he stabbed his friend because he insulted his mother.
He was jailed for 4 years. The judge said the attacker was a gifted mathematician and gone to Norfolk to learn English but the two students are from different provinces and could not get along well because of different dialects. It costs Rmb 240,000 a year to study at this prestigious school. He has to return to China after completing his prison detention and cannot complete his studies in England.
Langley School in Loddon, Norfolk. England.