Henry Chau 'decided to murder his parents for putting pressure on him'
Son of dismembered couple had initially planned to commit suicide, court hears
A man on trial for murdering and dismembering his parents told police he had considered killing himself in a fit of depression but changed his mind after a friend told him he could resolve his problems by killing someone else instead, a court heard yesterday.
Henry Chau, 30, decided to kill his parents because they were the ones who put the most pressure on him, he said in a video interview shown in the Court of First Instance.
Chau said he became extremely depressed when he turned 29 and told his co-accused Tse Chun-kei, 38, of his plan to commit suicide when they met for coffee in September 2012. He described Tse as a total loser, like himself.
Tse suggested instead that Chau take "revenge on the world" by killing someone else.
"At that moment, I thought that the two people who gave the greatest pressure to me were the two of them," Chau said, referring to his father Chau Wing-ki, 65, and mother Siu Yuet-yee, 62.
He said his father was an arrogant man who left him without a moment's peace. His mother always looked at him sadly when he did not contribute to the family. "I thought that if I could resolve the emotional connection with my parents, it would be a solution," he said. "If they died, I could be reborn."