A Hong Kong man reportedly stabbed his brother to death with a sashimi knife while they were in a restaurant in 2014, High Court heard yesterday.
The 39-year-old defendant, surnamed Tsang, was with his brother in a Mong Kok restaurant at around noon on Sept. 24, 2014, SCMP reports.
A waitress who was serving the Tsangs told the court that she saw the defendant looking “unhappy” and heard the pair say the words “money” and “mum” before Tsang reportedly picked up the knife and started stabbing his brother in his waist and left arm.
CCTV footage retrieved from the scene reportedly showed the 39-year-old slashing his brother repeatedly for about 25 seconds.
The prosecution alleged that Tsang then went to Lok Ma Chau border control point intending to leave Hong Kong, but then turned himself in to a police officer at the public transport interchange.
The court heard that Tsang confessed to killing his brother, and was found by police to be in possession of a bloody knife.
Tsang’s 42-year-old brother was certified dead upon arrival at Kwong Wah Hospital. The report from his post-mortem examination stated that he had 22 knife wounds on his torso and limbs.
His younger brother has pleaded not guilty to murder, claiming that he had acted irrationally after taking ice, the street name for crystal methamphetamine.
Tsang’s 71-year-old mother, surnamed Lam, said in a statement that the pair had lived “in harmony” with her in their Shek Kip Mei flat for two years.
However, she said her 39-year-old son had been unable to find employment, and had regularly asked her for money.
The trial continues.
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