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Mainland Chinese man who chopped son in Hong Kong at least 14 times acquitted on insanity
The judge alluded to Ke Xiangzhao’s paranoid schizophrenia
PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 6:19pm
UPDATED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 6:56pm
Eddie Lee
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Ke was remanded in custody at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in the New Territories. Photo: Edward Wong
A man from the mainland who hacked his young son at least 14 times with a chopper was acquitted of wounding with intent on grounds of insanity on Monday.
Ke Xiangzhao, who was 45 at the time of the offence in November 2014, was affected by paranoid schizophrenia when he launched his attacks on his spouse and their eight-year-old son, District Court Judge Josiah Lam Wai-kuen said.
On November 15, 2014, Ke stabbed his wife and son in their heads an unknown number of times with a 12-inch-long chopper at their Kowloon City flat, before the mother and the boy fled the premises.
The father chased the two and struck at them again outside a shoe shop on Ma Tau Chung Road. Footage taken by the shop’s closed circuit television showed the child was hacked 14 times.
The accused, from Shenzhen and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was said to have thought his wife was unfaithful to him and that the boy, born in Hong Kong, was not his biological son. Ke also had a delusion that his child had attacked him.
The mother and the son sustained facial and head injuries from the attack.
Lam quoted the findings from a medical expert witness and said the accused, influenced by his paranoia, was aware that he was stabbing people.
“But he probably didn’t know he was doing the wrong thing,” the judge stated.
Lam said that Ke, being found insane, was not held legally responsible for his actions. Ke was cleared of the two wounding charges brought against him.
Under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, a person found to be insane at the time of an offence is not held responsible for his actions, and a special verdict is returned that the accused person is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Ke was remanded in custody at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in the New Territories pending further information on his mental condition.
Before the verdict, the lawyers representing Ke, including barrister Selwyn So Kai-ming, told the court they intended to quit because the accused was not satisfied with their performance.
The lawyers continued in their job after Ke decided to withdraw his complaints against them.
The next court hearing was scheduled for March 1.
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Mainland Chinese man who chopped son in Hong Kong at least 14 times acquitted on insanity
The judge alluded to Ke Xiangzhao’s paranoid schizophrenia
PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 6:19pm
UPDATED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 6:56pm
Eddie Lee
[email protected]
http://cdn1.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/486x302/public/images/methode/2016/02/15/14dc4df6-d3c9-11e5-855c-84ae337d929d_1280x720.jpg?itok=AhgA7Vb1
Ke was remanded in custody at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in the New Territories. Photo: Edward Wong
A man from the mainland who hacked his young son at least 14 times with a chopper was acquitted of wounding with intent on grounds of insanity on Monday.
Ke Xiangzhao, who was 45 at the time of the offence in November 2014, was affected by paranoid schizophrenia when he launched his attacks on his spouse and their eight-year-old son, District Court Judge Josiah Lam Wai-kuen said.
On November 15, 2014, Ke stabbed his wife and son in their heads an unknown number of times with a 12-inch-long chopper at their Kowloon City flat, before the mother and the boy fled the premises.
The father chased the two and struck at them again outside a shoe shop on Ma Tau Chung Road. Footage taken by the shop’s closed circuit television showed the child was hacked 14 times.
The accused, from Shenzhen and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was said to have thought his wife was unfaithful to him and that the boy, born in Hong Kong, was not his biological son. Ke also had a delusion that his child had attacked him.
The mother and the son sustained facial and head injuries from the attack.
Lam quoted the findings from a medical expert witness and said the accused, influenced by his paranoia, was aware that he was stabbing people.
“But he probably didn’t know he was doing the wrong thing,” the judge stated.
Lam said that Ke, being found insane, was not held legally responsible for his actions. Ke was cleared of the two wounding charges brought against him.
Under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, a person found to be insane at the time of an offence is not held responsible for his actions, and a special verdict is returned that the accused person is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Ke was remanded in custody at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in the New Territories pending further information on his mental condition.
Before the verdict, the lawyers representing Ke, including barrister Selwyn So Kai-ming, told the court they intended to quit because the accused was not satisfied with their performance.
The lawyers continued in their job after Ke decided to withdraw his complaints against them.
The next court hearing was scheduled for March 1.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?225166-Guess-the-nationality-Man-chopped-son-at-least-14-times&goto=newpost).