Hong Kong financial boss Ivan Chan receives life sentence at retrial for murdering his mistress
The jury returns 6-1 majority guilty verdict after less than five hours of deliberation
A finance company director who took six years to admit that he killed his mistress and dumped her body in a rubbish trolley parked outside a Hong Kong village was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after he was found guilty of murder for the second time.
A High Court jury of six men and one woman returned a 6-1 majority verdict of murder against Ivan Chan Man-sum, 44, after 4½ hours of deliberation at his retrial.
“Since you have been convicted by the jury, there is only one sentence, which is a mandatory one, you are jailed for life,” Madam Justice Anthea Pang Po-kam said.
Chan stared at the ceiling after hearing the verdict then nodded in acknowledgment as he wore a look of sorrow on his face.
The case centred on the death of nightclub hostess Chun Ka-yee, 33, who mysteriously vanished from her flat after she was last seen entering her building at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, on October 5, 2011.
Nobody saw her leave and her body was never found.