Hong Kong woman, 54, held on suspicion of killing husband, 65, after property argument
A 54-year-old Hong Kong woman was arrested today on suspicion of killing her 65-year-old husband after an argument about property.
A 54-year-old woman was arrested yesterday on suspicion of killing her 65-year-old husband in their Lam Tin home after an argument about property.
Detectives removed three wooden chairs from the couple's flat at Kai Yan House on Kai Tin Estate to establish whether the furniture was used to attack the retired decoration worker.
The alleged killing - the second homicide case in the city in five weeks - happened shortly before 1am when Lam Ting-choi, 65, and his wife, 54, had a heated argument over the management of a mainland property.
Their three grown-up children - one son and two daughters - mediated in the dispute and separated the pair, according to police. The man then went to his bedroom.
"About 10 minutes later, he was found unconscious and kneeling on the floor inside the bedroom," a police source said.
One of his two daughters, aged 25, alerted police at 1.07am.