Hong Kong man faces life imprisonment for ‘exorcism’ murder of mentally disabled woman
Jury finds Dunsany Cheung intended to cause grievous harm when he hit victim’s head against a wall and forced alcohol down her throat
A self-proclaimed Taoist priest is facing life imprisonment in Hong Kong over the murder of an intellectually impaired woman, after a jury found he intended to cause grievous bodily harm when he struck her head against a wall and forced alcohol down her throat as part of an “exorcism”.
A seven-member High Court jury comprising six women and a man returned the unanimous verdict on Tuesday finding Dunsany Cheung Chi-choi, 54, guilty of a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence.
Cheung was also convicted of indecent assault for using a sex toy on the victim, 21-year-old Ng Yan-yu, before she was found dead in a Sai Kung village house on September 2, 2019.
The jury also agreed to convict Ng’s mother, Ng Ma Yu-kang, 57, of aiding and abetting Cheung’s sexual assault on her daughter.
Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping revoked the bail previously granted to the mother before adjourning sentencing to Friday for the defence to prepare mitigation submissions.
The trial heard the elder Ng started co-renting the three-storey house in Sai Kung’s Lung Mei Village in December 2017 with Cheung, who was her master in Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortunetelling.