Hong Kong elderly couple charged with murdering chronically ill daughter
- Housewife Leung Yuet-mei, 74, and retiree Yu Ping, 78, each face one count of murder over death of Yu Hau-ching, 47
- Court hears couple’s bedridden daughter was found lying unconscious in pool of blood in family’s living room in Wong Tai Sin
An elderly couple have been charged with murdering their chronically ill daughter, who died after sustaining nearly a dozen injuries on her head and neck at a public housing flat in yet another family tragedy in Hong Kong.
Housewife Leung Yuet-mei, 74, and retiree Yu Ping, 78, were escorted to Kowloon City Court on Monday, each slapped with a count of murder over the death of Yu Hau-ching, 47, in the early hours of the previous day.
Leung, who walked into the dock with a cane, and her husband appeared calm throughout the court session.
The court heard the couple’s bedridden daughter was found lying unconscious in a pool of blood in the living room when police rushed to the family’s residence in Lok Shun House at Tsz Lok Estate in Wong Tai Sin. The woman was later certified dead in hospital.
Prosecutors said a postmortem examination identified at least 10 visible cut wounds on the body of the deceased, including eight on the forehead and two on the neck.
