Husband slashed wife’s face with meat cleaver after petty family argument, Hong Kong court hears
Argument in 2016 led to bloody incident that left a wife disfigured
A family argument about someone taking too long in the shower escalated into a vicious meat cleaver attack, which left a mother facially disfigured, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday.
The High Court heard that Lam Kwong-chau slashed his wife Li Yim-kwai’s face four times, and twice more on her neck and chest. The longest wound, on her upper forehead, measured nine centimetres.
Lam, 58, pleaded guilty to one count of wounding with intent on Li, and another count of attempting to do the same to their daughter, Lam Pui-shan, who avoided the assault by locking herself in a room in their Tin Shui Wai flat on October 5, 2016.
Mr Justice Kevin Zervos adjourned sentencing to April 20, as he ordered an impact report on Li to study how she had fared after the incident.
The wife had since been suffering from acute stress disorder and nightmares, according to a psychologist's report from December last year. She also felt ashamed about her facial disfigurements, it said.
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The couple, married in 1987, were living with their son and daughter, both in the late 20s, in Yat To House at Tin Yat Estate during the time of the offence. The father, although on good terms with his wife, had a poor relationship with his daughter, the court heard.