Read the full judgment text of HCCC 480/2016 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 May 2017.
1. The defendant is 87 years old. He faced an indictment containing one count of manslaughter and one count of wounding. It was alleged that on 6 April 2016, he killed Wong Sik-hung and he wounded Mui Ching-wah. The two victims were fellow residents in a room at the Haven of Hope Woo Ping Care and Attention Home. The Home provides accommodation and care facilities for its residents, who were mainly elderly persons requiring special nursing care.