Defendant knew sexual acts with sister as teen ‘seriously wrong’, court told
A man who engaged in sexual acts with his younger sister when he was just a teenager knew his behaviour was “seriously wrong”, prosecutors have told Hong Kong’s High Court. Senior Public Prosecutor Karen Ng Ka-yuet said on Thursday that the older sibling, believed to have been aged between 11 and 14 at the time of the alleged offences, was fully aware that the acts involving his sister, who is…
A man, believed to have been between 11 and 14 years old at the time, is accused in Hong Kong's High Court of engaging in sexual acts with his younger sister, now 20. Senior Public Prosecutor Karen Ng Ka-yuet told the court that the defendant fully understood the acts were inappropriate. The alleged incidents occurred at their family home in Sha Tau Kok, Hong Kong, between 2013 and 2016, with five incidents happening within weeks of each other.
The sister reported the abuse to the police in 2021, and the defendant denies four counts of incest and three counts of indecent conduct towards a child under 16. The prosecutor stated that the acts were charged separately due to the different forms of sexual conduct. The defendant admitted to the sexual acts in his statements to police, saying he now regrets them greatly.
Ng emphasized that the defendant's maturity beyond that of a child was evident in his admission of guilt and the repeated sexual acts. The jury is expected to consider the circumstances surrounding each act, recognizing the defendant's knowledge that what he was doing to his sister was seriously wrong. The trial is set to continue on Friday.
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