Gunman feels 'deepest regret' for tea house murder; others protest their innocence
A mainland contract killer who shot dead Hong Kong millionaire Harry Lam Hon-lit with a bullet to the head in Central four years ago apologised to the victim's family yesterday and asked a Shenzhen court to sentence him to death.
Hunan province native Yang Wen , 27, one of eight defendants on trial over the killing, pleaded guilty to a murder charge and told a judge that he 'deserves to die', according to his legal representative, Wang Limin .
Yang stood up and apologised to the victim's family. He said he had reflected on his crime since his arrest four years ago and felt 'the deepest regret and remorse'.
'He asked the judge to give him the maximum penalty because he felt he deserved it. As his lawyer, I will do my best to mitigate on his behalf,' Mr Wang said.
Lam, 54, a director of Digger Holdings and an investor in the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, was assassinated in the Luk Yu Tea House in Stanley Street, Central, on November 30, 2002.
Mainland police arrested eight suspects - five from Hong Kong and three mainlanders. Their three-day trial ended yesterday.
