The High Court trial of a 38-year-old assistant warden accused of raping a female resident five times at a disability care home in Tai Po continued on 24 August 2026. The alleged offences are said to have taken place between 13 July and 9 August 2024. The defendant denies all five charges.
The complainant, identified in court as X, is described as having a mild intellectual disability. She gave evidence by video link, while prosecutors played two recorded interviews in which she described the alleged assaults and said they happened without her consent.
According to X’s evidence, one incident took place on the afternoon of 3 August 2024. She said the defendant asked her to enter his room, locked the door and removed her clothing before assaulting her, despite her saying that she did not want it to happen and wanted to leave.
X said she had told him “No”, “Don’t” and “Don’t touch me”. She alleged that he responded by telling her not to make noise, to relax or that she could not leave. She described the alleged conduct as painful and uncomfortable, and said it left her sad and in poor spirits.
X also alleged that other incidents took place during the defendant’s weekend shifts, in different rooms including her own. In one account, she said he used a marshmallow to entice her to follow him to his room before assaulting her.
She told the court that she and the defendant had previously been on good terms, playing games and chatting. X said she feared that refusing him would lead to him scolding her or ignoring her, and that staff or other residents might discover what had happened.
The defendant’s not-guilty position remains unchanged. The trial was still continuing at the High Court on 24 August, and the reports do not give the defence case, a charge-by-charge account of all five allegations or a verdict.