A seven-member High Court jury has unanimously convicted an insurance broker of murdering his 65-year-old father. The verdict was delivered on 9 November 2026.
The broker was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021. His appeal succeeded in 2025, and the case was retried in 2026. The judge has deferred sentencing on the new conviction until 13 January 2027, pending a psychological report.
At the retrial, prosecutors said the broker had asked his father for money to repay high-interest debt and killed him after his father refused. They said that between 4 and 6 December 2018, he withdrew HK$203,000 from his father’s account, including HK$183,000 transferred to a high-interest lender.
The prosecution said the broker walked towards Waterfall Bay carrying a suitcase in the early hours of 6 December and returned without it. That morning, a red-white-and-blue bag containing the body was found floating off the bay. Forensic evidence described at trial found five wounds; one to the right side of the neck was caused by at least six stabs and damaged a major artery and the windpipe, causing death.
In statements to police, the broker said he had asked to borrow money and that the pair argued and physically struggled. He said he stabbed his father several times by mistake and did not intend to kill him.