被指控杀害中国留学生的男子，其女友持续两周携带窃听器录下他“承认绑架章并称章为理想的受害者” [英国媒体]

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The girlfriend of a man accused of killing a Chinese graduate student wore a wire for two weeks to help police catch him it has been revealed.

据披露，为了协助警方逮捕一位被指控杀害中国留学生的男子，其女友曾连续两周携带窃听器。

Brendt Christensen 28 is accused of kidnapping and killing scholar Yingying Zhang after allegedly kidnapping her on June 9 last year.

布伦特·克里斯滕森，现年28岁，被控于去年6月8日绑架了学者章莹颖，并据其所述于6月9日杀害了她。

She vanished after telling friends she was going to sign an apartment lease near the University of Illinois where she was studying.

在告诉朋友她要在其就读的伊利诺伊大学附近签下一套公寓的租约之后，章莹颖就突然失踪了。

For weeks police suspected Christensen but had no evidence to arrest him. 

几周来，警方一直怀疑克里斯滕森，但始终没有足以逮捕他的证据。



In court on Tuesday his lawyers however revealed that his girlfriend who he was filmed attending a vigil to help find Zhang after she went missing wore a wire to record hours of their conversations in the weeks which followed her disappearance. 

不过，本周二在法庭上，他的辩护律师团队透露说，在章莹颖失踪后，被拍下与嫌犯携手参加过一个祈祷能找到章莹颖的守夜会的他的女友，在章莹颖失踪后的几个星期内，用窃听器记录下了数小时他们之间的谈话内容。

Among the conversations was one in which Christensen allegedly confessed to the killing and described how Zhang 26 fought back when he attacked her. 

在其中一段录音里，克里斯滕森亲口承认自己杀害了章莹颖，并描述了在遭到袭击时，26岁的章莹颖是如何反抗他的。

He is also said to have described his 'perfect victim' by pointing them out in the crowd at the vigil where he was filmed walking hand in hand with the woman. 

在那个他被拍到和女友手牵手散步的祈祷会上，他甚至还向自己的女友描述并指出了人群中的哪些人是他的“完美理想受害者人选”。

Christensen's lawyers did not reveal how the FBI contacted his girlfriend. 

克里斯滕森的辩护团队没有透露联邦调查局 (FBI) 是如何联系上他的女朋友的。

They pleaded with a judge to not allow the taped conversations into evidence at his trial claiming the girlfriend was pressured into wearing the wire because she feared charges herself. 

他们请求法官不应在克里斯滕森的庭审中使用录音对话作为证据，还声称其女友是迫于压力才戴上窃听器的，因为她担心自己也会受到指控。



On one occasion she was apparently so nervous about wearing it in front of him that she fainted his lawyers claimed. 

他的辩护团队称，有一次，她因为要在嫌犯面前携带窃听器紧张过度，以至于都晕倒了。

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Christensen also allegedly tried to lure another student into his car on the day Zhang went missing. That student told investigators that he pretended he was a cop to try to get her into his vehicle. She identified him through photographs shown to her by police. 

据称，在章莹颖失踪的那天，克里斯腾森还试图诱骗另一名学生上车。那名学生告诉调查人员，嫌犯假装他是一个警察，并试图把她弄进车里。她通过警察向她展示的照片认出了他。

Zhang's body has never been found. Her death shocked her relatives in China who believed she would be safe in the small campus town where she spent most of her time.

章莹颖的遗体还没有被找到。她的死亡震惊了她在中国的亲属，他们本相信她度过大部分时间的小校园里还是安全的。

Christensen is also married. It is not clear if he and his wife who has not been identified are estranged. 

同时克里斯腾森已经结婚了。目前尚不清楚他和他的妻子是否已经分居。

His lawyers are asking for his trial to be moved to Chicago claiming the case was so high profile that he has no chance of a fair trial. 

他的辩护团队要求将他转移至芝加哥接受审判，他们声称该案件太引人注目了，以至于嫌犯都没有得到公正审判的机会。



Zhang's family traveled to the US from her native China after she disappeared. Her grieving father was still in the country in November last year after authorities said she was presumed dead. He walked the route to her apartment from campus every day he said because it gave him comfort. 

在她失踪后，章莹颖的家人从她的祖国中国赶往美国。尽管此前当局声明过章莹颖已被认定为死亡，但她悲痛欲绝的父亲直到去年11月仍留在美国。他每天都从校园走到她住过的公寓，他说这会让他好受些。

At the time her mother said: 'We don't know where she is and I don't know how to spend the rest of my life without my daughter.  I can't really sleep well at night. I often dream of my daughter and she's right there with me. I want to ask the mother of the suspect please talk to her son and ask him what he did to my daughter. Where is she now? I want to know the answer.'  

在那时，她的母亲诉说道:“我们不知道她在哪儿，我也不知道没有女儿的话我怎么度过接下来的岁月。我整晚整晚地睡不着觉。总是能梦见我的女儿，梦见她还好好地在我身旁。我想恳求嫌疑人的母亲，请和她的儿子谈谈，问问他到底对我的女儿做了什么。她现在在哪儿？我想知道答案。”

The FBI previously said they had obtained 'audio surveillance' from the vigil which Christensen attended. They did not disclose that it was recorded by his girlfriend. 

联邦调查局 (FBI) 之前宣称，他们已经从克里斯腾森参加的守夜会上获得了“音频监控”。但他们没有透露这是他的女友记录下来的。

He is charged with kidnapping resulting in death which carries the potential of the death penalty on conviction. 

嫌犯被控绑架并致人死亡罪，如果成功定罪有可能被判处死刑。


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Sansea Salish Sea Canada 6 hours ago
Or just possibly the girlfriend was terrified to wear the wire knowing what the twisted animal could do to her too? I'd faint for fear too!

或者，也可能是他的女朋友清楚那个变态畜生也可能会对她做（那些事）因为害怕才带上窃听器的？ 我怕是也会因为恐惧而晕倒！

candy001 calcutta Greece 5 hours ago
That poor mom of the victim her words are heartbreaking. I'm so sorry

那位受害者的可怜母亲说的话太让人心碎了。我真的很为她遗憾。

Kynos Cavan Ireland 8 hours ago
God help poor Mr Zhang the worst father's agony that can be imagined is his. Christensen be sure thy sins will find thee out. Not sure what a wire does to the right to remain silent and not incriminate oneself legally doubtless the slow but not as often as would be desirable exceeding fine grinding wheels will resolve that in due course. Ping an xiuxi Zhang Xiaojie. Rest in peace Ms Zhang.

上帝帮帮可怜的章先生吧，一位父亲所能遭受的最糟糕的痛苦就是像他这样的。克里斯滕森，你犯下的罪行一定会水落石出。虽然不确定使用窃听器适与“保持沉默的权利”和“不能自证其罪”是否冲突，走合法的途径无疑是缓慢的，但不是每次都会（类似这样）没过多久就会像精细砂轮运作般的称心如意地解决掉这一问题的。安息吧，章小姐（重复了两遍，一边英文，一遍汉语拼音）。

drthomas SouthernGirl United States 4 hours ago
My heart hurts for these parents. Literally the worst agony any parent could feel not knowing where your child is. I pray that her body is found so that they can find some kind of peace.

我为这对父母感到伤心。不清楚你的孩子在哪儿，这于任何父母来说都简直是最痛苦的事。 我祈求她的遗体可以被找到，这样她父母也能获得某种安宁。

geneparmesan new york United States 3 hours ago
the right to remain silent is a "miranda right" given by the police at time of arrest. it does not relate to civilian activity. the 5th amendment right not to self incriminate states that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" and only applies to taking the stand at one's own criminal trial. there are laws that govern consent for surveillance (someone else secretly recording you privately) but i'm fairly certain that with a warrant the police or fbi could get her to wear the wire so that the information remained admissible in court.

保持沉默的权利是警察在逮捕时给予嫌犯的“米兰达权利”。它与民事诉讼无关。第五修正案中“不能自证其罪”的权利规定为任何人“在任何刑事案件中不得被强迫作为对自己不利的证人”，这只适用于在自己的刑事审判中作证的时候。有一些法律规定了监视（别人私底下秘密地记录你）时需要获得准许，但我相当肯定的是，警方或联邦调查局 (FBI) 可以通过授权而让她戴上窃听器，这样的信息在法庭上仍然可被采纳。

（译注：美国刑事诉讼中的miranda rights——米兰达权利，也就是犯罪嫌疑人保持沉默的权利，是个具有特殊意义的法律制度。“你有权保持沉默。如果你不保持沉默，那么你所说的一切都能够用作为你的呈堂证供。你有权在受审时请一位律师。如果你付不起律师费的话，我们可以给你请一位。你是否完全了解你的上述权利？”这句话就是着名的“米兰达警告”，也称“米兰达告诫”，即犯罪嫌疑人、被告人在被讯问时，有保持沉默和拒绝回答的权利。）

belsnickles Seattle United States 5 hours ago
That poor young woman. This makes me so angry.

多可怜的小姐啊。这真让我气愤。

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bob webb new jersey United States 1 hour ago
i dont hate many people in this world. this guy is one of them. deranged. would love to see what led him to this point. i hate the people who brought him up as well.

我厌恶这世界上的许多人。这家伙就是其中一个。很想听听是什么促使他这么做的。我也讨厌那些把他养大的人。

HKmom Bay Area United States 5 hours ago
I¿m so sad hearing her mom and dads sorrow. I can¿t imagine what kind of pain they are going through.

听到她父母那悲伤的话语，我真的很难过。我不敢想象他们经受了何种痛楚。

willswim4food Porcia Italy 5 hours ago
Death penalty.

判他死刑。

bill_m Seattle United States 6 hours ago
Dead murderous eyes!

他有双死气沉沉的、凶残的眼睛！

jureen25 NY United States 5 hours ago
Evil man!!

邪恶的男人！！

Princess Poopy Pants Chicago United States 5 hours ago
I can¿t bear to think what this POS did to that girl. And no death penalty in Illinois

我不忍心去想这个粪桶对那个女孩都做了些什么。还有，伊利诺斯州没有死刑（解释新闻中嫌犯辩护团队的意图）。

peggy mcintyre Durham United Kingdom 3 hours ago
What s nasty mess. He¿s married yet has a girlfriend and then picked up and killed a young girl. Twisted.

真肮脏下流。他都结婚了，但还有个女朋友，然后抓住并杀害了一个年轻的女孩。变态。

PupQuake Los Angeles United States 34 minutes ago
So true¿-and we¿ll never know if there have been others.

你说的没错——而且我们永远也不知道还有没有其他人（遇害）。