A court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the killing of his younger sister. The sister, identified as Huang Baoying, suffered severe abuse before her death. Three people held her in a bathroom, where she was starved, beaten and kept chained. By the time she died, she had lost 43 percent of her body weight. Medical reports said she died from blunt force injuries and extreme malnutrition. The verdict reflects the seriousness of the cruelty inflicted. The case has drawn attention to domestic violence issues.