A handyman who killed a 74-year-old man before impersonating him to withdraw HK$600,000 from banks was jailed for life yesterday.
Mr Justice Darryl Saw called Alan Ng Nga-lun, 52, 'truly despicable' for murdering Tang Lo-loi at his house in Tseng Tau village, Ma On Shan, on November 9, 2010.
The Court of First Instance judge gave Ng an automatic sentence for the murder, and sentenced him to three years and four months behind bars for one count of fraud and to 16 months for a second count of fraud.
Ng earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in stealing HK$600,000 from Tang's bank accounts at HSBC and Bank of China on the day following Tang's death.
The court heard that Ng, who impersonated Tang by donning a cap and carrying a stick, fooled bank staff as to his identity and withdrew funds from Tang's bank accounts.
He produced Tang's identity card, bank card and bank book and signed Tang's name on documents.