Elderly couple’s ‘heads found in fridge after they were killed by their own son and cooked'
Henry Chau Hoi-leung had offered to plead guilty to the manslaughter of his parents and admitted dismembering their bodies, court hears as murder trial opens
An elderly couple allegedly murdered by their son and his friend were dismembered, salted and cooked after being killed, the Court of First Instance heard yesterday.
Prosecutor Michael Arthur said that Henry Chau Hoi-leung, 30, and his friend Tse Chun-kei, 36, had planned the murders for more than three months, buying knives, refrigerators, microwave ovens and a rice cooker.
Chau told police after his arrest that he and Tse killed Chau Wing-ki, 65, and his wife Siu Yuet-yee, 62, on March 1 last year because "they felt ready", the court heard. Their heads and organs were discovered in two refrigerators on March 15, while their dismembered bodies were salted and packed into lunchboxes.
Henry Chau and Tse both denied two counts of murder in court yesterday.
Chau Wing-ki and Siu were recorded by closed-circuit television on March 1 last year entering a building in Tai Kok Tsui with Henry Chau, the prosecution said. It was the last time the couple were seen alive.