Hong Kong hostel dispute ended in death, jury hears

A 67-year-old man with the mental age of a young child killed ­another mentally disabled man by pushing him over after a row, the High Court heard.

Cheung Kam-yau is accused of the manslaughter of 68-year-old Yiu Keung-shing in April last year at the Christian Family Service Centre, where both men had been long-term residents.

The seven-strong jury found Cheung, who napped through some of the proceedings yesterday, was unfit to stand trial due to his mental disability.

However, the jury was told to ­consider whether Cheung ­committed the act. If they found he did, the judge would decide whether he should be put into a mental hospital, under a guardianship order or discharged.

CCTV footage of the incident on April 3 last year showed Cheung standing facing his ­bedroom door, before walking over to Yiu and pushing him onto the floor, causing him to hit his head.

Yiu was taken to hospital after the incident, and died almost three weeks later from head injuries caused by blunt force trauma, a pathology report showed.