A Hong Kong court has handed down jail sentences of up to 16 years to two men for sexually exploiting two girls when the defendants separately had a relationship with the victims’ mother six to eight years ago. The High Court on Wednesday also sentenced the mother to four years for child cruelty, including locking…
There is no “safe number of times” a footballer can head the ball, the High Court has been told, amid a legal claim brought by several former players over brain injuries allegedly suffered during their careers. Lawyers representing 33 former footballers and their families have said that even if a safe number can be identified,…
Indian Premier League cricket franchise Rajasthan Royals‘ majority owner on Wednesday accused his former co-owner of trying to blackmail him by alleging he was defrauded out of his minority stake in the club. London-based venture capitalist Manoj Badale and his company Emerging Media Ventures are suing businessman Raj Kundra at London’s High Court for allegedly…
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a mother to nine months of inpatient psychiatric treatment at a prison facility after she admitted to killing her son when she attempted suicide three years ago. The High Court on Tuesday adopted two psychiatrists’ recommendations to send homemaker Stephanie Tam Wai-man to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in Tuen…
A 35-year-old Hong Kong clerk who cut and stabbed his father more than 80 times in the family home following an argument has maintained that he was not at fault for killing him because he was mentally unstable. Lee Man-lok pleaded guilty at the High Court on Thursday to manslaughter on the basis of diminished…
A mother has been convicted of manslaughter for stabbing her daughter to death at a Hong Kong public rental flat four years ago under the delusion that she had to kill the victim to protect her son. Part-time security guard Yang Leying, 50, pleaded guilty at the High Court on Tuesday after prosecutors agreed to…
A mother has been convicted of manslaughter for stabbing her daughter to death at a Hong Kong public rental flat four years ago under the delusion that she must kill the victim to protect her son. Part-time security guard Yang Leying, 50, pleaded guilty at the High Court on Tuesday after prosecutors agreed to reduce…
A Hong Kong court has convicted a couple of murdering their newborn son after rejecting their assertions that the infant’s head trauma and rib fractures could have been inflicted by his brother out of jealousy. A High Court jury comprising three men and four women returned a unanimous verdict on Tuesday to convict Imran Hossain,…
A Hong Kong child was repeatedly abused by her mother’s two middle-aged boyfriends, with one groping her on eight occasions, while the other had sex with her four times, prosecutors have told a court. Prosecutors on Thursday opened their case in the High Court against Quan Zhiming, 53, and security guard Li Kam-fai, 71, accusing…
A Hong Kong social worker who earlier launched a judicial challenge against the government’s approval of an environmental study of the San Tin Technopole project has been charged with defrauding social welfare authorities to obtain more than HK$16,000 (US$2,049) in old age allowance. Eddie Tse Sai-kit, 67, was accused of failing to declare that his…