Paralegal gets 5½ years’ jail for biting off police sergeant’s fingertip during chaotic Hong Kong protest at shopping mall
- To Kai-wa, 24, committed a series of offences within minutes during clashes at New Town Plaza shopping centre in July 2019
- Judge also noted defendant knowingly attacked two other officers with an umbrella and incited protesters on site to assault or insult police
District Judge Johnny Chan Jong-herng on Monday said To Kai-wa, 24, committed a series of offences within minutes during chaotic clashes at New Town Plaza shopping centre in Sha Tin on July 14, 2019, and “cruelly” inflicted tremendous harm upon the sergeant in a serious case of wounding.
The judge also noted the defendant had knowingly attacked two other officers with an umbrella – fracturing a finger of one – and incited protesters on site to assault or insult police.
“[The attacked officer] had no prior contact with the defendant, let alone any confrontation,” he said. “He was attacked only because he was a police officer.”
Chan said this aggravating factor warranted a deterrent sentence, which he believed was more important than the defendant’s rehabilitation.
