Guinean man who attacked 'small and fragile' woman for asking him not to urinate in Hong Kong lane jailed for six years

A Guinean who tried to rape a 63-year-old woman when she asked him not to urinate in a lane was jailed for six years in the High Court on Wednesday.

The jury of six took three hours to reach a majority verdict and found Ali Keita, 27, guilty.

Mr Justice Louis Tong Po-sun said: "[The victim] has done nothing except asking you to go to somewhere else to urinate."

He described the victim as a "fragile" and "small" woman and said Keita's conduct was close to rape.

The judge recalled one witness, who worked for a supermarket near the scene, said the victim was now afraid to go to the lane.

"The incident has caused real trauma," he said. The judge said Keita showed no remorse and there was no room to consider a lesser sentence.