Teen pleads guilty over sex with 12-year-old girl
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Summary
An 18-year-old defendant pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court, sitting as a temporary District Court, to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 after meeting the 12-year-old online and later having sex with her in a shopping mall men's toilet cubicle. The judge said the offence was serious, but because the defendant had been relatively young at the time, the court would first consider non-custodial options and ordered probation and community service reports before sentencing on September 9; he was remanded in custody in the meantime
Key Points
- The defendant, Tsui Kwong-ho, now 18, admitted one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 in case DCCC1045/2025
- The girl was 12 and in Primary Six when she met Tsui on the social media platform Kuaishou in January 2024, when he was 16 and knew her age
- After meeting several times, they met on February 6, 2024 at a plaza in San Po Kong, where Tsui suggested going into a men's toilet cubicle
- The court heard Tsui asked the girl to remove her lower clothing, put on a condom and had intercourse with her; she said she felt pain and told him what he was doing was illegal
- The girl's mother later discovered sexual messages on her phone, followed her on February 23, saw the pair hugging and kissing in a park, confronted Tsui, and then took both of them to a police station
Why It Matters
The sentencing hearing will determine whether the court considers punishment outside immediate imprisonment despite the gravity of an offence involving a child under 13. The case also underlines how online contact between minors can quickly move offline and only come to light after intervention by a parent