A four-year-old girl has been left fighting for her life after she was abducted and raped by a neighbour of her grandparents.
The 54-year-old attacker, identified only as Liu, was sentenced to death by a court in Harbin, north-eastern China, on Wednesday having left his victim with severe organ infections and injuries.
He admitted to police to snatching the girl from her home before assaulting her in a drainage ditch near a construction site, according to a court report.
The girl's family reported her missing on the night of August 29 - telling authorities Liu had come by the house that day asking for a drink.
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