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SCMP Reporter

A security guard was jailed for 20 months for  attacking the mother of his  former girlfriend.

But he was discharged for possessing a box cutter on the condition that he  maintains good  behaviour for three years and refrains from  harassing the two women.

Recorder Gerard McCoy SC  told Wong Po-kong that the sentence he had received for the weapons possession charge yesterday was 'extremely uncommon' in cases dealt with in the High Court.

Wong, 37, had pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of possessing an offensive weapon.

He had originally faced charges of attempted murder and attempted choking in the attack on 81-year-old Ho Kam-yung on December 18.

Of the three-year conditional discharge, Mr Recorder McCoy said:  'The hand of the High Court is on your shoulder for the next 1,000 days. One criminal mistake will call the power of law to twist your arm behind your back and take you  here.'

Prosecutor Dee Crebbin  said  Wong broke into his  former girlfriend's home in Tai Kok Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong,  where he waited for her return. He was wearing gloves and holding a box cutter when Ms Ho, whom he blamed for the break-up,  arrived.  He grabbed her around the neck and mouth, shouting: 'I will die with you. Why don't you let your daughter be with me?'

The two fell to the floor, where a struggle ensued.  Ms Ho lost two front teeth and suffered bruises.

He then allowed her to leave the apartment, after which she called the police, who arrested Wong.

He told police that he wanted to persuade his  former girlfriend to return to him, failing which he would kill himself at her home.

Mr Recorder McCoy  said Wong's attack  was  disgusting. He said his  anger had made him  dangerous, but  also noted that Wong was otherwise a man of exemplary character, citing his police award for being the 'best security guard in West Kowloon'.



Guard jailed for assault on mother of ex-lover