AN expected rendezvous with his lover turned out to be an ambush resulting in a beating and then arrest on arson charges, a 26-year-old man told the District Court yesterday.
Jow Chiu-chun, a fruit stall worker, has denied four charges of arson at the Bun Shing Hair Saloon, Cheung Ching Estate Commercial Complex, owned by brothers Yeung Fat and Yeung Kam-po.
The offences are alleged to have taken place in January and February last year.
Jow told the court his lover, Chan Yuen-mui, the wife of Mr Yeung Fat, often paged him for a rendezvous.
On February 10 Jow said he was driving home when his pager beeped and he went to meet his lover.
Jow said he had been waiting for some time when six or seven men arrived and forcibly took him to a carpark where he was beaten. He was then driven back to his car where the police arrested him.