Hong Kong construction worker convicted of bestiality and assault jailed for seven months
Defence lawyers said the man was under the influence of alcohol and remorseful of his crimes
A construction worker who had sex with a female mongrel in February and later punched a photographer after his first court appearance was jailed for seven months on Friday.
Magistrate Raymond Wong Kwok-fai said laws on animal abuse had been amended over the years to impose more serious sentences.
“Both the charge and facts in the present case are serious,” he said.
Chung Lin-fai, 58, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of bestiality and another of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The maximum penalty for bestiality in Hong Kong is 10 years imprisonment and a HK$50,000 fine.
The magistrate began with a nine-month sentence for the bestiality count and a six-week sentence for the assault, before reducing both jail terms by a third to credit his guilty plea.