HKSAR v. Xu Shengqi/Judgement
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 90 OF 2010
HKSAR
v
Xu Shengqi
| Before: | Hon D Pang J |
| Date: | 23 November 2010 at 4.43 pm |
| Present: | Mr P S Chapman, on fiat, and Ms Lily Wong, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR Mr Chan Fei-nai, Finny, instructed by Messrs Lo, Wong & Tsui, assigned by the Director of Legal Aid, for the Accused |
| Offence: | (1)–(4) Murder (謀殺) |
Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: Xu Shenggqi, stand up.
Defendant, within a short time, a whole family was wiped out by you: a couple in their 40s and 30s, and their two daughters, aged 10 and 7.
The ways in which they met their deaths were brutal and deliberate, the details of which have been repeated time and again during the trial.
Be that as it may, you have advanced the most ridiculous of defences, at least in relation to the woman and her two children. You said they had died of accident.
No qualified plea of guilty was ever given to any of the four charges of murder before or during these proceedings, which only goes to show that you have not the slightest hint of remorse for what you had done to your victims, who happened to be your cousin and your cousin’s family.
For Count 1, Count 2 and Count 4, three guilty verdicts of murder, you are sentenced to three concurrent terms of life imprisonment. That is mandatory under law.
For Count 3, one guilty verdict of manslaughter by unlawful act, you are sentenced to 9 years’ imprisonment.
All sentences are to be served concurrently.