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divdiv class=story-body readability=56 span class=story-date#13; span class=date27 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time09:21 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-25123838-15457 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71375000/jpg/_71375736_71375735.jpg alt=CCTV image of Anxiang Du/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionCCTV captured Anxiang Du as he set off for the family's Northampton home/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A businessman has been convicted of murdering a family of four in a revenge attack after he lost a legal case against them./p#13; pJifeng Jeff Ding, his wife, Ge Helen Chui, and daughters Xing, 18, and Alice, 12, were stabbed to death in Wootton, Northampton, in April 2011./p#13; pAnxiang Du had denied four counts of murder but admitted killing the family./p#13; pNorthampton Crown Court heard he was facing a bill of £88,000 after losing a 10-year legal battle with the couple./p#13; pDu had claimed that all four deaths were manslaughter, due to loss of control or diminished responsibility./p#13; span class=cross-head'Man on mission'/span#13; pThe court heard that the family were massacred by him on 29 April. /p#13; pThe jury was told he was a man on a mission, travelling by train from his home in Coventry and leaving a farewell note for his wife at their shop in Birmingham, before continuing to Northampton to ask Mr Ding for money./p#13; pWhen the Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer refused, Du stabbed him 23 times, his wife 13 times, Xing 11 times, and Alice four times. /p#13; #13;#13;#13; pProsecutor William Harbage QC said he resorted to violence, to murder in order to avenge himself of the people who had caused him such grief./p#13; pHe did so not just by killing them - Mr and Mrs Ding - but also by murdering their wholly innocent daughters. /p#13; pMr Du made a plan and carried it out with ruthless efficiency./p#13; span class=cross-head'Sky fallen down'/span#13; pDuring the trial, jurors wiped tears from their eyes as a recording of a frantic 999 call made from Alice Ding's mobile phone on the day of the killings was played in court./p#13; pThe screams of both girls could be heard on the call, made at 15:32 BST, before the line went dead./p#13; div class=story-feature narrow#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a h2 class=quote“spanStart Quote/span/h2#13;blockquote readability=2p class=first-childThis was a heinous crime, committed by a man who knew what he was doing and went with a plan to kill an entire family in cold blood”/p/blockquote#13;span class=endquoteEnd Quote/span#13; span class=quote-creditDet Ch Insp Tom Davies/span#13; span class=quote-credit-titleNorthamptonshire Police/span#13;#13; /div p id=story_continues_2An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission found Northamptonshire Police had mishandled the 999 call, resulting in officers being sent to the wrong address and the call being closed prematurely./p#13; pHowever, the investigation concluded that nothing could have changed the outcome. /p#13; pAfter the murders, Du slept in the house, before stealing the family's car and heading to London, where he got a coach to Paris./p#13; pHe remained on the run for 14 months until he was captured in Morocco in July 2012. /p#13; pThe Dings' bodies were not discovered until 1 May. /p#13; pDu sat in the dock with his head bowed as the verdicts were delivered. /p#13; pMr Justice Flaux adjourned sentence until Thursday and praised the Dings' relatives for the dignified way they had conducted themselves throughout the trial./p#13; pAfter the verdicts, Helen's father Zuyao Cui said hearing the evidence in court had been just like a knife to the body./p#13; pWhen the two families heard about this, it was like the whole sky had fallen down on them. /p#13; pWe all cried together./p#13; pOutside court, Det Ch Insp Tom Davies said it was a heinous crime, committed by a man who knew what he was doing and went with a plan to kill an entire family in cold blood./p#13; pThe outcome today is a welcome relief for the family and friends of the Dings, who can now rest in the knowledge that the man responsible for the murders will likely face the rest of his life in prison./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center