Son confessed he killed and cut up parents, court told
Cousin of accused man said he admitted killing and dismembering elderly couple, trial hears
The day before the dismembered bodies of an elderly couple were found in a Tai Kok Tsui flat, their son confessed to murdering them, the Court of First Instance heard yesterday.
Flora Siu Wing-kwan testified that her cousin, Henry Chau, asked to meet her on March 14, 2013. She said he confessed to her in a restaurant that he and a friend had killed his parents and cut up their bodies.
"It was very late at night. I was very shocked. I did not remember the details of his description of the killings," Siu said.
Henry Chau and Tse Chun-kei, 37, deny two counts of murdering Chau Wing-ki, 65, and his wife Siu Yuet-yee, 63, on March 1, 2013. Their bodies were discovered on March 15.
Siu said that Henry Chau, 31, talked about his plan to kill his parents and his brother as he hated them all. Siu said that Henry Chau felt that she was a "truly warm person" and decided to tell her the truth.
The court heard that Henry Chau teamed up with Tse to kill his parents and chop them into pieces, then he "acted" to help his elder brother Chau Hoi-ying, 37, to look for the couple.