Ex-restaurant manager admits stabbing stepson with 15cm knife for taking his stool away
Yiu Kong-chung had been aiming for his stepson’s head but knifed him in the abdomen instead before flinging a chair at him
A retired restaurant manager on Monday admitted stabbing his stepson twice with a 15cm knife last May in retaliation for taking away his leg rest.
The District Court heard that Yiu Kong-chung, 66, had been aiming for his stepson’s head after retrieving the blade from their kitchen, but ended up stabbing the 27 year old in the abdomen and chest before flinging a wooden chair at his head.
Yao Zhaohua was using his computer inside his bedroom when his stepfather suddenly yanked his hair from behind to begin the assault. Yao grabbed both of Yiu’s hands in an attempt to stop him, and told his 11-year-old stepbrother to seek help from neighbours.
But that did not stop the knife attack that eventually left Yao hospitalised for seven days at Tuen Mun Hospital.
He suffered a 10cm J-shaped wound across his abdomen, three 6cm transverse cuts extending from his loin to his left buttock, a 4cm wound over his scalp and multiple wounds to his arm and fingers.
