Chinese man drowned girlfriend and tried to make it look like an accident ... five years after doing the same to his wife

A boyfriend in northeast China has confessed to drowning his girlfriend in a well five years after he escaped prosecution when his wife died in similar circumstances, according to local media reports.

The man, identified only by his surname Zhang, was arrested on suspicion of pushing his 51-year-old girlfriend, named Li, into a well and trying to make it look like an accident, Liaoshen Evening News reported.