Xu Fang/Shanghai Daily news

A college student who slipped and fell climbing out a dormitory window so his roommate could sleep with a girlfriend was yesterday awarded 80,000 yuan (US$11,653) in compensation from the college and the roommate.

Hu Jie, 20, was a student at the Shanghai Lida Polytechnic Institute in Songjiang District and shared a bedroom with Zhu Ying, 19.