Trial begins for men accused of abusing young Hong Kong girl
Court hears how men, 53 and 71, assaulted girl during separate relationships with her mother, who is accused of perverting course of justice
A Hong Kong child was repeatedly abused by her mother’s two middle-aged boyfriends, with one groping her on eight occasions, while the other had sex with her four times, prosecutors have told a court.
Prosecutors on Thursday opened their case in the High Court against Quan Zhiming, 53, and security guard Li Kam-fai, 71, accusing them of preying on the girl when they separately had a relationship with her mother in 2019 and 2017 respectively.
Quan, from mainland China, denied four counts of unlawful sex with a girl under 13. He had earlier pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault against the same complainant.
Li entered a not guilty plea to eight counts of indecent assault.
The 49-year-old mother, only identified in court by her initials ND, also stood accused of perverting the course of justice by trying to impede a police investigation after the crimes came to light in April 2023.
On-fiat prosecutor Adonis Cheung Kam-wing said in his opening statement that Li first assaulted the girl when she was aged eight and studying Primary Two in 2017.