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Back|Hong Kong Man Sentenced Over Hammer Attack Before Victim's Fatal Overdose
Hong Kong Man Sentenced Over Hammer Attack Before Victim's Fatal Overdose
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SCMP Economy·3 hours ago·Crime·1 min read·🇨🇳China

Hong Kong Man Sentenced Over Hammer Attack Before Victim's Fatal Overdose

Mo Tai-fung received three years and two months in prison after attacking an associate with a hammer on Pilkem Street.

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  • Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced Mo Tai-fung, 42, to three years and two months for attacking an associate with a hammer.
  • The victim died from a drug overdose hours later, prompting prosecutors to amend a previous murder charge.

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Mo Tai-fung was initially charged with murder after striking Pang 11 times with a hammer on Pilkem Street.

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Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced a man with a triad background to three years and two months after he attacked an associate with a hammer, leaving the victim bleeding on the street before he died of an overdose hours later.

The court heard on Tuesday that Mo Tai-fung, 42, was initially charged with murdering the 33-year-old, having allegedly struck him on the head 11 times at about 2am on July 28, 2024, outside a building on Pilkem Street in Yau Ma Tei.

Prosecutors amended the charge at an earlier hearing after an autopsy found that the victim, surnamed Pang, had died from the effects of drugs.

The report said that although Pang had multiple deep lacerations to his scalp, his injuries were not fatal.

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  • Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced Mo Tai-fung, 42, to three years and two months for attacking an associate with a hammer.
  • The victim died from a drug overdose hours later, prompting prosecutors to amend a previous murder charge.

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