Hong Kong man admits to hacking son with knife in dispute over bathroom use
- Man says he attacked son in moment of anger after he ignored request to let him use the bathroom, where the younger man was smoking at the time
- Son ultimately required emergency surgery, had to be hospitalised for 27 days to be treated for gashes, fractured skull
A Hong Kong man has admitted hacking his son with a knife so badly that the younger man had to be hospitalised for 27 days to treat a skull fracture and multiple cuts suffered in an attack stemming from a dispute over bathroom use.
The District Court heard the vicious attack in a public housing flat at Lei Yue Mun Estate in Yau Tong on October 2 last year was sparked by the son of then 78-year-old Wong Pak-chung ignoring his request to let him use the toilet.
At the time, his 31-year-old son, Wong Wa-lee, was smoking in the bathroom with the door open.
Without warning, the father went to the kitchen and returned with a 30cm knife, and slashed his son.
The son pushed his father out of the bathroom and asked him to stop and calm down, but to no avail. His father cut him a few more times in his head, neck and upper body before the son ran into a bedroom and called police.
When officers arrived, the elder Wong answered the door wearing bloodstained trousers and slippers.