"BEIJING—A Chinese court sentenced Bo Xilai to life in prison on Sunday after finding the once powerful Communist Party insider guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.
The outcome of China's most politically charged trial in more than three decades was announced by the Intermediate People's Court in the eastern city of Jinan on its official microblog account after a brief hearing on Sunday morning.
Party insiders said the harsh sentence is certain to have been decided by China's leadership in an attempt to bring an end to the scandal surrounding Mr. Bo, whose wife was convicted last year in the 2011 murder of a British businessman."
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