Son who chopped up parents and kept heads in the fridge jailed for life in Hong Kong
Henry Chau Hoi-leung, 31, who was found guilty of murdering his parents and chopping their bodies into pieces, was jailed for life at the Court of First Instance.
A son who was found guilty of murdering his parents and chopping their bodies into pieces was jailed for life at the Court of First Instance this afternoon.
Henry Chau Hoi-leung, 31, was found guilty of two counts of murder over the deaths of his father, Chau Wing-ki, 65, and mother, Siu Yuet-yee, 63, on Friday.
"People may wonder why you did this. The fact there is no obvious answer is what makes you so dangerous," judge Mr Justice Michael Stuart-Moore said to Henry Chau as he handed down the sentence.
"You fail in everything but the piano. You always blame your faults on others but not yourself ... your parents became the victims of your blame."
Stuart-Moore also gave Chau an additional nine years and four months in prison for preventing the lawful burials of his parents, which he admitted earlier. The sentences will be served concurrently.
Chau’s co-defendant Tse Chun-kei, 38, was acquitted of the murder charges. He also admitted he had unlawfully dealt with the couple’s bodies. As his role was comparatively a minor one, the judge jailed him for one year but released him last week as he had already served two years on remand.