Hong Kong jury finds ‘master meat cutter’ guilty of butchering ex-wife’s aunt despite body never being discovered
- Butcher Ngan Wing-chau, 51, was also found guilty of preventing the lawful burial of the body of Chan Sau-wa
A “master meat cutter” was found guilty on Wednesday of butchering his ex-wife’s aunt two years ago despite her body never being found.
Ngan Wing-chau, 51, closed his eyes after a High Court jury of four men and three women convicted him by a majority verdict of 5-2 for the murder of Chan Sau-wa, 62, at the Iskra Building, Cheung Sha Wan Road, on May 1, 2016.
They also found him guilty of preventing the lawful burial of Chan’s body by another majority verdict of 6-1, after seven hours of deliberation.
Mr Justice Patrick Li Hon-leung will sentence Ngan on Thursday. Murder carries a sentence of life imprisonment.
Prosecutor Michael Arthur had opened his case describing Ngan, a butcher who worked at a meat shop in Shek Kip Mei, as “a master meat cutter”.
“He is someone with a good deal of experience in the matter,” Arthur said.