A TEENAGER hurled acid in a stranger's face in a bizarre attempt to cement his friendship with a man he had met only once.
His victim was a young woman who had ended her relationship with his new 'friend'.
Ng Shing-mau, 19, said he attacked her to avenge the break-up. He was sentenced to nine months in prison after a judge found him guilty of throwing corrosive fluid with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
'The reasons for which the defendant committed this offence were strange,' Judge Whaley said in the District Court.
'The victim's previous boyfriend had met Ng, and over a few drinks described how upset he was about their relationship coming to an end.' The judge went on to describe how Ng had shown an 'unusual interest' in Lam Chi-kin's plight.
When Ng asked Mr Lam, 20, if the girlfriend was pretty, he told him to go to her office and see for himself.
