Hong Kong man jailed 45 months in body-dragging manslaughter case
SingTao · 2 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago2 MIN
Summary
A High Court judge sentenced 29-year-old Ng Ka-sing to 3 years and 9 months after a jury last month acquitted him of murder but convicted him of manslaughter over the death of his 30-year-old girlfriend Yip Tsz-ching in a Hung Shui Kiu flat in April 2022. He had separately admitted preventing the lawful burial of her body after police found him pulling her wrapped body on a trolley in the area.
Key Points
- The case concerned the death of Yip Tsz-ching, 30, in a flat at Fullon Garden on Tin Ha Road, Hung Shui Kiu, between April 28 and 29, 2022.
- Ng Ka-sing, 29, unemployed and described in court as having borderline intelligence, was convicted of manslaughter and had already admitted preventing lawful burial.
- Passers-by and a cleaner called police at about 5:50am on April 29 after seeing human feet exposed on a trolley Ng was dragging.
- After officers arrived, Ng stayed at the scene and said in caution that the body was his girlfriend and he had struck her dead with a stick by mistake.
- The judge said Ng admitted beating the deceased with a stick and wrapping her in tape and cling film, causing fatal suffocation, and imposed a total sentence of 45 months.
Why It Matters
The sentence closes the main criminal proceedings against Ng, but the case also drew attention to evidence of prolonged abuse, conflicting accounts about how the fatal injuries were inflicted, and the court's reliance on psychiatric evidence in assessing culpability and risk of reoffending.
The reports also note that charges earlier brought against three other co-residents were withdrawn in late 2023, leaving Ng as the only convicted defendant in the case.