Hong Kong psychiatric patient jailed for manslaughter after lethal shove kills man in hospital toilet
- Cheung Chak-ming sentenced to two years in jail after pushing fellow patient, causing lethal neck injury
- Pair fought moments before fall, complaints raised with nurses’ station at psychiatric hospital
A Hong Kong man was jailed for two years on Wednesday after killing a fellow patient at a psychiatric hospital with a single push to the shoulder.
Cheung Chak-ming, 36, was found guilty earlier this month of manslaughter by a dangerous and unlawful act, by a jury’s majority verdict of 5-2, over the death of Cheng Hok-wan, 41, on November 5, 2018.
The High Court previously heard that Cheung had pushed Cheng inside a toilet at Kwai Chung Hospital, where they were both inpatients, causing the latter to bump his head against the wall, fall facedown and sustain a serious neck injury.
Cheng died a day after the fall, with the neck injury being determined as the cause of his death.
Security footage from the hospital ward showed that Cheung had pushed Cheng’s back and shoulder, swore at the man, and kicked his slippers just minutes before the incident.
Cheung took Cheng to the nurses’ station before the fatal scuffle, complaining to staff that the latter had wanted to strike him.
