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He was so nervous and helpless that he wounded
when the latter
discovered the body of his sister under the bed. The prisoner also expressed his deep regret for his stupid misbehaviour and insisted that he did not have any pre-meditation of killing the deceased and wounding the deceased's brother.
5.
The prisoner's elder cousin,
(the wounded victim) did not believe the prisoner's explanation. Mr YEUNG stated that the prisoner had indecently assaulted the deceased and Madam
before. However, this could not be verified because Madam TIN refused to answer question. Mr YEUNG believed that the prisoner killed the deceased and hurt him with intent. He also considered that the present offences were the result of personal grudges among the prisoner, him and the deceased. Furthermore, the monetary dispute between them was also a cause.
6.
The prisoner revealed that he had worked in Hong Kong as a construction worker for 3 months, a salesman in a meat shop for 4 months and eventually a worker of the Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir for about 11⁄2 years. He had never been jobless. He did not have any bad habits except gambling in horse race betting at $150 a time. At leisure, he liked to watch television, listen to music and visit his clansmen. He was concerned about his family in China and always
remitted money home.
7.
They
As a person, the prisoner was described by his work supervisor, co-worker and clansmen as a diligent, responsible, amiable and helpful man. He was neither irritative, repulsive, arrogant nor brutal in character. were all shocked to hear of the offences.
8.
On 28.8.81, the prisoner was sentenced to death for the present murder case. He had no record of conviction before. The prisoner had applied for appeal of his case but the date for hearing was not yet fixed. (Appeal Case No. 782/81 and A.G.C. No. 858/81).
C.
HOME ENVIRONMENT
and
After his arrival in Hong Kong in October 1978, the prisoner was accommodated at his clansmen's residences in Fanling and Kwun Tong areas or at his working places before he joined his two cousins, YEUNG Wai-sheung (the wounded and the deceased respectively), in a rented room of $300 a month at 313, Lai Chi Kok Road, Kowloon. In May 1980, he and his two cousins bought a wooden hut for $5500 at No. 9, Tung Yeung Village, Tsz Wan Shan, Kowloon and they lived there until his present arrest. He said that it was a small wooden hut with only a door, no windows, no electricity nor water supply. The place was partitioned into a main room and a kitchen. The main room served both as living-room and bed-room. It was very simply furnished and the living condition was fair. According to
the hut was demolished due
to clearance soon after the occurrence of the present incident.
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