A Hong Kong court has ordered the release of 14 defendants charged over the alleged murder of a former triad gangster five years ago, finding that prosecutors had failed to prove the deceased sustained fatal head injuries as a result of deliberate assaults rather than from boxing bouts at his gym. The High Court on…
UK police say they have arrested a 28-year-old man in relation to the alleged murder of Ann Widdecombe. The suspect is a white British national and is now in custody after being arrested in South Yorkshire, the police statement said. In another significant update, police earlier said they now believe Ms Widdecombe, 78, was murdered…
A Hong Kong man has been found guilty of manslaughter but acquitted of murdering his girlfriend after jurors accepted his claim that he may have mistakenly beaten her to death while trying to help her lose weight by keeping her awake overnight. A High Court jury on Friday ruled by a majority of 5:2 that…
Hong Kong police have launched a murder investigation and arrested two men after a man died following a dispute in a Mong Kok flat where drugs were also found. A police spokesperson said on Wednesday that officers received a call at about 2.50pm from a man who reported that his 45-year-old friend was attacking another…
A jobless man accused of killing his girlfriend in a Hong Kong village house and illegally disposing of her body four years ago has claimed he mistakenly beat her to death while trying to help her lose weight by keeping her awake at night. Ng Ka-sing, 29, is standing trial at the High Court for…
Two Hongkongers have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a man by suffocating him with tape in a village temple and burying his body under concrete outside, with a judge describing the killing as hideous “beyond words”. High Court Judge Anthony Kwok Kai-on handed down the mandatory sentences to Chan Wah-hing, 67, and Chan…
A Hong Kong private tutor found guilty of orchestrating a failed plot to murder his business partner eight years ago has secured a three-year reduction to his 27-year jail sentence, but lost an appeal against his conviction. In a written judgment on Friday, the Court of Appeal found that the sentence imposed on Stephen So…
Two Hongkongers have been found guilty of murdering a man after a financial dispute and then blackmailing his wife for a HK$3.6 million (US$459,331) ransom for his “release” even though he was already dead. A High Court jury on Tuesday also found that the defendants – Chan Wah-hing, 67, and Chan Yiu-lung, 33 – disposed…
A Hong Kong campsite operator has been convicted of murdering his live-in girlfriend four years ago and sentenced to life imprisonment, after telling police he believed she was an alien, with the judge describing the killing as a “vicious, brutal and savage attack and murder”. A High Court jury of four men and three women…
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after the body of a 60-year-old woman tied to bags of bricks was found floating off the public pier in Sai Kung, with officers describing the circumstances as “suspicious”. At about 6am on Sunday, a passer-by reported seeing what appeared to be a human figure floating about five…