FOXNews.com: GUILTY VERDICT Ex-China pol Bo Xilai gets life sentence for corruption

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GUILTY VERDICT Ex-China pol Bo Xilai gets life sentence for corruption Sep 22nd 2013, 04:33 Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai was sentenced to life in prison Sunday after a court convicted him of charges of corruption, accepting bribes, and abuse of power.  The verdict and sentence brought a close to one of the most lurid political scandals in the history of Communist China and concluded Bo's downfall, which was set in motion by his wife's murder of a British businessman, followed by a defection of his top aide to a U.S. consulate with information about the murder case just ahead of a leadership transition. The Jinan Intermediate People's Court also ordered that Bo's assets be seized, according to a transcript of proceedings on the court's microblog.  The former Politburo member and party chief of the megacity Chongqing had vigorously denied any criminal wrongdoing during the trial. Bo was escorted into the court by marshals Sunday morning and stood to listen as the judge began reading the lengthy verdict, which reviewed the facts established in the trial. Bo, once a rising political star, was removed from office in March and expelled from the party in September. Bo's career started to unravel in February 2012 when his top aide, police chief Wang Linjun -- after having a fallout with Bo -- fled to a U.S. consulate with information about the murder case and unsuccessfully sought political refuge in a severe breach of Communist Party rules. Bo was removed from office and placed under investigation, which revealed other offenses such as corruption. Expelled from the Communist Party in September, Bo is the highest-ranking Chinese official to stand trial since former Shanghai party chief Chen Liangyu in 2008. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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