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A MEDICAL student who murdered his roommate at a prestigious university by poisoning a drinking water dispenser has been sentenced to death. 

 
A Shanghai court said Lin Senhao committed murder “out of spite” using the toxic chemical N-Nitrosodimethylamine, taken from a laboratory of a Shanghai hospital where he was an intern.

At his trial in November last year, Lin claimed the poisoning of his Fudan University roommate was an April Fool’s Day prank. The victim, Huang Yang, drank the water on April 1 and died on April 16.
N-Nitrosodimethylamine is primarily used for research. Exposure in humans may cause liver damage and affect the blood

“The defendant Lin Senhao committed intentional homicide by poisoning due to trivialities. The method was ruthless, the harm to society was great, the crime extremely serious,” the court said in a statement.

Prosecutors rejected Lin’s argument he was playing a joke, since he was familiar with the chemical from experiments on laboratory animals.

 

‘Ruthless’ murder ... a photo of murdered student Huang Yang is seen as Huang's classmates raise funds for his family.