A policeman stood trial on Thursday for allegedly shooting a pregnant woman dead and injuring her husband during a dispute in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Hu Ping, the policeman from Pingnan county, went to a rice noodle shop to buy food at about 10 pm on Oct 28, 2013, after drinking alcohol. Prosecutors told the court that Hu killed the female shop owner, named Wu, and injured her husband, Cai Shiyong, after arguing with them.

Wu was five months pregnant when she died.