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Hello Kitty killers fight convictions

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The Appeal Court is told that a mother who was tortured for a month may have died from a self-induced drug overdose

The three men jailed for life over the notorious 'Hello Kitty' killing in 1999 have appeared before the Court of Appeal to fight their convictions.

Chan Man-lok, 36, Leung Shing-cho, 29, and Leung Wai-lun, 23, were found guilty by a Court of First Instance jury on November 21, 2000, of manslaughter, false imprisonment and preventing the lawful burial of Fan Man-yee, 23.

Fan was abducted on March 17, 1999, by the men and held at a Granville Road flat in Tsim Sha Tsui after she allegedly stole $4,000 from Chan's wallet.

Police were informed about Fan's death after Chan's lover, a 13-year-old girl, told them she was haunted by watching and participating in the month-long torture of Fan and the disposal of her body.

Police recovered Fan's badly decomposed heart, lungs, liver and intestines from a plastic bag dumped on a canopy below the Granville Road apartment on May 26.

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