https://www.scmp.com/rss/307000/feed On March 15, 2011, retired British Salvation Army major Janet Gilson was reported missing on Lamma Island by her niece, Julia. The body of the 64-year-old from Essex, England, was found days later beneath the sofa in the Yung Shue Wan apartment of her niece. Julia's former husband, Ahmed Fareed, 32, is on trial accused of the murder. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A "highly dangerous" man who brutally killed his ex-wife's aunt - a retired British Salvation Army major - on Lamma Island two years ago was jailed for life yesterday. Ahmed Fareed, 31, was sentenced in the Court of First Instance for committing what Mr Justice Michael Stuart-Moore said was the "ultimate crime" of murdering 64-year-old Janet Gilson in March 2011, in his ex-wife's home. Fareed killed Gilson, who was from Essex, while she was on holiday in Hong Kong, visiting her niece, Julia, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1265295/killer-ex-wifes-aunt-sentenced-life-behind-bars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1265295/killer-ex-wifes-aunt-sentenced-life-behind-bars?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Bloodstains on floor tiles raised a police inspector's suspicions when he searched the house belonging to the niece of retired British Salvation Army major Janet Gilson, a court heard yesterday. Former police senior inspector Chung Shing-keung, now retired, went to the Lamma Island home of Gilson's niece, Julia, on March 19, 2011, after she called police about the stains. On March 15, Julia had reported her aunt missing. Gilson, 64, from Essex, had been visiting her and her young daughter, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1258650/bloodstains-aroused-policemans-suspicions-over-british-womans-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1258650/bloodstains-aroused-policemans-suspicions-over-british-womans-death?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A retired British Salvation Army major was killed while vacationing in Hong Kong, and a sofa in her niece's Lamma Island home was used to hide her body, the Court of First Instance heard. Ahmed Fareed, 32, earlier pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in relation to the death of 64-year-old Janet Gilson in 2011. Fareed is the former husband of Gilson's niece Julia. The couple married in 2007, but were already separated at the time of the murder, the court was told yesterday. Audrey... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1257992/british-tourists-body-was-concealed-beneath-sofa-court-hears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1257992/british-tourists-body-was-concealed-beneath-sofa-court-hears?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000