A policeman in China who shot dead a pregnant woman while drunk was executed on Tuesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The victim and her husband were tending to their rice noodle restaurant last October when Hu Ping, the policeman, entered before opening fire when he was told there was no milk tea, domestic media previously reported.

Hu was sentenced to death in February and the Intermediate People's Court of Guigang in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region verified his death sentence before execution on Tuesday.

An appeal by Hu in April was rejected by the High People's Court of Guangxi.