Suspects talked about eating murder victim, Hong Kong body-in-cement trial hears
Three defendants also considered throwing Cheung Man-li, 28, into the sea or burying body in woods but finally settled on encasing in a block of cement
Three flatmates accused of murder considered eating their victim before finally settling on encasing his body in cement, a Hong Kong court heard on Monday.
One of the defendants, Tsang Cheung-yan, also claimed his co-accused, Keith Lau, was the “mastermind” of the crime, from conceiving a plan to rob their victim – who Lau considered a “foe” – to choosing the method of disposal of the remains and planning an escape to Taiwan.
The revelations were contained in a video interview police conducted with Tsang after his arrest on April 12, 2016. It was played before a High Court jury of seven for the first time on Monday.
“The mastermind is Keith Lau. I only dealt with the corpse,” Tsang told a police officer after he was arrested, the video showed.