A bank official has gone on trial, charged with killing his newly-wed wife after she found out about his extra-marital affairs, the Beijing No. 2 People's Court said.

　　The official had claimed that his wife had been killed by a burglar。

　　Niu Xuehui, 34, a customer service section chief of an unidentified bank, and his wife, a 31-year-old civil servant surnamed Li, held their wedding ceremony in March this year。

　　While on honeymoon in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Li accidentally found romantic messages on her husband's mobile phone, Beijing Morning Post reported yesterday。

　　The furious wife then confronted her husband but didn't get any response。

　　After returning home to Beijing, the couple had a fierce quarrel. While Li was sleeping that night, Niu struck her head with a wooden vase and strangled her to death. Later, he destroyed all evidence and created a scene of burglary, the paper said。

　　Niu stayed calm and went to work the next morning. He called police after finishing the day's work and returning home, claiming a burglar had broken into his house and killed his wife。

　　Initial findings indicated that only Niu and Li had entered the room and there were no other footprints. Niu eventually admitted to the crime, the paper said。

　　Prosecutors said Niu should be severely punished for the intentional homicide。

　　12月10日，某银行原行长秘书牛学辉因杀害新婚仅12天的妻子，涉嫌故意杀人罪在二中院受审。该案涉及隐私，未公开审理。被害人父母放弃民事索赔，要求严惩凶手。

　　案情

　　被告人换下血衣上班

　　34岁的牛学辉，毕业于中国政法大学[微博]经济法系，后就职于某银行，任行长秘书、大客户部副处长，案发前，为北京师范大学[微博]在读法学博士生。

　　牛学辉的妻子小李(化名)，曾是国家某机关公务员[微博]，在读博士生。

　　今年3月24日，牛学辉和小李举办了婚礼。

　　知情人介绍，婚礼后，二人到女方老家办了回门宴，并带着双方父母旅游。4月4日，二人返京。当日晚上10时许，小李因发现牛学辉手机里有暧昧短信，和牛学辉发生争吵后，到卧室睡觉。牛学辉则坐在客厅里，经过近一个小时的考虑，4月5日凌晨1时，他手持一个红木花瓶击打小李，致对方死亡。

　　据了解，事发后，牛学辉将家中衣物等东西翻出，制造了入室抢劫的假象。天亮后，他换下带血的衣服去单位上班。其间，牛学辉曾先后拨打小李手机、发短信、给小李单位打电话，询问小李情况。下班后，牛学辉回到家中报警称，家里遭到抢劫。警方勘查现场后发现，现场只有牛学辉和小李脚印。结合事发地周边监控，警方将牛学辉列为重要嫌疑人。

　　在警方讯问时，牛学辉承认了杀死妻子的事实。