A 47-year-old moving company manager has been jailed for 42 months after admitting 18 offences involving repeated sexual abuse of his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter. The sentence was handed down on August 31, 2026, at the Western Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, sitting as the District Court.
The charges comprised seven counts of indecent assault, eight counts of making child sexual abuse material and three counts of possessing such material. The offences took place between May 31, 2023 and April 5, 2024, including seven sexual assaults over about seven months.
The defendant was an adult household or family figure to the girl, although the reports used different descriptions of his precise role. Acting Judge Tsui Yee-wai said the girl’s young age and vulnerability, together with the age and status gap and the relationship of trust, made it difficult for her to understand, deal with or refuse the contact.
The defendant also photographed and recorded some of the abuse and possessed child sexual abuse material. The reports gave different descriptions of the volume of material: one referred to 173 photographs and 50 videos, while the other described more than 100 items. The figures were not explained as directly equivalent.
The judge regarded the repeated offending, the age and status gap and the filming of the abuse as serious aggravating factors. She said the recording caused the girl additional psychological pressure and harm.
The defence said the defendant had not used violence, inducement or threats, and had caused no physical injury. The girl did not undergo a psychiatric assessment, so there was no trauma report. However, the judge said the absence of such a report did not mean the girl had not suffered serious psychological trauma.
A psychological report said the defendant described feeling close to the girl, drinking alcohol and wrongly viewing her as his girlfriend because boundaries had become blurred. It found no atypical sexual interest in children and assessed his risk of reoffending as low. His sentence was reduced by four months to avoid overlap with a theft sentence he is already serving. His guilty plea, co-operation and remorse were considered, but the judge said the plea was inevitable and did not warrant further reduction.