2 Hong Kong women sentenced to 120 hours of community service after admitting they paid ‘wizard’ to kill animals as part of love rituals
- Court hears ‘wizard’ offered to slaughter animals in rituals designed to help women achieve love goals
- Lau Wing-ki and Kwok Wan-hei earlier admitted conspiracy to ill-treat animals
Two Hong Kong women escaped jail on Friday after they admitted to charges of conspiracy to ill-treat animals when they went to a self-proclaimed ‘wizard’ for help with their love lives.
Lau Wing-ki, a beautician, and Kwok Wan-hei, a saleswoman, were each sentenced to 120 hours of community service at West Kowloon Court after they last month both pleaded guilty to the offence.
Magistrate Veronica Heung Shuk-han said that the pair’s crimes were out of character and that there was a relatively low chance of either reoffending.
The court heard that Lau, 32, approached Tong Cheuk-him, a 19-year-old sports science student at VTC Youth College, who advertised his services on Instagram as a wizard and specialist in performing “violent and cruel” ceremonies involving small animals to help people achieve their romantic goals.
Lau paid HK$12,000 (US$1,530) to Tong for a ritual designed to rekindle her love affair with her boyfriend of 1o years.
The court heard Kwok, 29, spent a total of HK$52,000 on as many as four occult ceremonies, including a break-up ritual designed to destroy a couple’s relationship.
