Shandong Provincial High People's Court overturned original judgment and has sentenced the man who was convicted for life for stabbing four debt collectors to five years on Friday.
周五，山东省高级人民法院推翻一审原判，判处刺伤4名催债人的男子有期徒刑5年。该男子原本被判原本被判终身监禁。
The court said Yu Huan acted in self-defense and he confessed to his crime during the trial, so he should be shown leniency in line with the law.
法院表示于欢杀人出于自卫，且他在审判过程中认罪良好，所以根据法律，他可以被宽大处理。
Yu, 21, from Liaocheng, Shandong, was sentenced to life for intentionally causing injury by a lower court on Feb 17, after he stabbed four debt collectors who confronted him and his mother. One of the debt collectors later died.
于欢，21岁，来自山东聊城，因蓄意造成人身伤害于2月17日被某初级法院判处无期徒刑。于欢刺伤了与他及其母亲对峙的4名催债人，其中一名之后死亡。
He appealed to the high court, claiming he reacted the way he did because one of the debt collectors had insulted his mother by exposing himself to her, which was later verified by the court in a public hearing on May 28.
于欢向高级法院提出上诉，称他之所以做出这样的行动是因为其中一个催债人当着其母亲的面裸露自己的身体侮辱他的母亲，这一说词其后于5月28日公审时被法院证实。
The case aroused public attention at that time with some saying Yu's penalty was too harsh.
这一案件当时引起了公众关注，有人表示一审判决太过苛刻。
