Boy forced to drink urine, hit on his head and penis by mother’s ex-boyfriend, Hong Kong court told
13-year-old says he was photographed drinking the bodily fluid during the incident in April last year, with abuse allegedly starting the summer before
A 13-year-old boy has claimed that he was photographed drinking two cups of urine and was spat in the face by his mother’s former boyfriend after being hit on his head and penis at home in April last year.
The Tuen Mun Court also heard that the boy had told police the alleged abuse began the summer before – the ex-boyfriend had purportedly slapped the back of his head multiple times for running too slowly at an exercise spot.
The boy said that when the man later found out he had told his mother what had happened at the sports ground, he allegedly kicked his back and stomach – to the point that his skin began to peel – and choked him. “Like he was kicking a ball,” the boy said, his voice quietening after every few questions. “Many times.”
The latest incident was reported to police when he recounted the events to a social worker at school, who then brought him to hospital. A medical examination found bruises on his penis and the back of his head.
The man, 41, pleaded not guilty before deputy magistrate Minnie Wat Lai-man to two counts of wilfully assaulting a child, one of wilfully neglecting a child and another of wilful ill treatment of a child.
In a recorded interview that was played in court on Tuesday, the boy accused his mother’s ex-boyfriend of swearing and hitting him with a wooden back scratcher at his Po Tin Estate home in Tuen Mun on April 12 last year. He said that he was hit five times on the back of his head and up to 20 times on his penis after he was told to undress.