Hong Kong man gets 4 months in jail after admitting splashing water on women’s buttocks
- Construction worker, 56, says stress and psychological problems led him to target three victims
A Hong Kong construction worker was on Tuesday sentenced to four months in jail after he told a court stress and psychological problems led him to attack two teenage girls and a woman by splashing water on their buttocks.
Li Kwok-ding, 56, admitted at West Kowloon Court that he was responsible for some of the random attacks on female pedestrians in shopping districts earlier this year.
Li, who lives on the outlying island of Peng Chau, was identified as a suspect after two similar incidents were caught on CCTV cameras in Mong Kok.
He was first seen to soak a 19-year-old girl with water outside Mong Kok MTR station on February 5.
The teenager, who was shopping in the area, turned around after she felt a damp sensation on her bottom, but Li was able to get away undetected.
Li targeted a 32-year-old woman on her way home on February 18 after she had watched a film in Yau Ma Tei. He first splashed the victim with warm water on Sai Yeung Choi Street South and struck again on nearby Tung Choi Street moments later.
