Hongkonger jailed for life after killing older brother in frenzied knife attack
Chung Sze-hong inflicted more than 90 injuries on victim, including seven stab wounds and 50 lacerations using fruit knife
An elderly man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his older brother in a village in Hong Kong three years ago in a frenzied knife attack that he described as ripping a “mad dog into nine pieces”.
A High Court jury on Friday returned a unanimous verdict after more than a day of closed-door deliberations to convict Chung Sze-hong, 68, of murder over the death of his brother Chung Sze-on in a three-storey house in Tai Po’s Tin Liu Ha village on February 6, 2022.
The jury of three men and four women rejected the defendant’s assertion that he had unintentionally killed the deceased under provocation.
The trial heard the then 64-year-old defendant, the third child of six siblings, had been on bad terms with the deceased, 68, with them quarrelling over topics including how to care for their then 96-year-old mother.
The defendant inflicted more than 90 injuries on his brother following an altercation, including seven stab wounds and over 50 lacerations using a fruit knife.
The elder Chung’s domestic helper discovered his mutilated body in the living room of his home that evening after the defendant called the worker telling her to return to the house to take a look at the deceased.