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9. The pathologist - Dr. LEE Fook-kay formed the opinion that the

j.deceased died between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 noon on 28th January

1981. Upon examination he found inter alia, a horizontal tight ligature

mark encircling the neck at the level of the voice box; ante mortem

ligature marks at both wrists which in his opinion were due to

securing both wrists together. He found a similar ligature mark

encircling the lower part of both legs near the ankles. One of the

ligatures was an electric wire and the other was a nylon cord

which latter Doctor LEE said was clearly encirculing the neck at the

voice box when he first saw the body at the scene, in the early hours

of 29th January 1981. He observed some signs of resistance to the

gagging from finger nail marks and scratches over the facial area.

In Doctor LEE's opinion death was caused by asphyxia due to

stranguiation by ligature by the exercise of a degree of force from

moderate to severe. He said that the strangulation was deliberate.

ARREST AND CONFESSION

10. The convict having departed the scene late at night on 28th January

1981 returned to the but on 29th January 1981 at about 10.40 p.m. where

he was arrested by a party of police officers who had been lying

in wait for him in case he should appear there.

The convict was interviewed and cautioned as a matter of routine

police procedure after which he made a statement which was reduced to

writing. To summarise this statement was a confession by

him of a premeditated plan to kill the deceased and her brother

YEUNG Wai-chung with an inference that he intended to commit

suicide after that. He also indicated in the confession statement

that the motive for the killing was because he had been heartlessly

treated, in his opinion, by the failure of YEUNG Wai-chung and the