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Ex-husband’s DNA found on hammer allegedly used to kill Abby Choi, prosecution says

Warning: graphic content follows. Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung could have been fatally struck with a hammer that contained her ex-husband’s DNA when it was seized from a rural village flat where her dismembered remains were found, a court has heard. Wrapping up their case as the murder trial entered its sixth week, prosecutors highlighted forensic findings and surveillance camera…

Ex-husband’s DNA found on hammer allegedly used to kill Abby Choi, prosecution says

Prosecutors allege that Alex Kwong, the ex-husband of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi, along with his father and brother, colluded in her murder on February 21, 2023. The prosecution claims that the hammer used in the alleged homicide contained Kwong's DNA, which was found at a rural village flat where Choi's remains were discovered three days later.

Surveillance footage and forensic evidence were presented in court, depicting the movements of Choi and the three suspects before and after the alleged murder. Choi's ex-husband and his family denied any involvement in the alleged crime.

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