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 Alex Kwong Kong-chi's ex-husband's DNA was discovered on a hammer allegedly used to fatally strike his former wife, Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors presented forensic findings and surveillance camera footage to support their case during the sixth week of the murder trial, which began in late September.
Choi's ex-husband, Kwong, along with his father Kwong Kau and elder brother Anthony Kwong, deny conspiring to murder Choi following allegations of a family feud over the proposed sale of a HK$72 million flat in Ho Man Tin. Kwong Kau, a retired police sergeant, pleaded guilty to the charge mid-trial. Prosecutors allege that Kwong enlisted his sons to assist in killing Choi after she attempted to sell the flat she initially bought for her children with Kwong.
Choi's remains, including her head and legs, were discovered three days after the alleged murder in a rented flat in Tai Po's Lung Mei village. An autopsy revealed severe brain damage or suffocation caused by blood blocking her airway, with seven external injuries on her head, including a 15cm laceration and a 5.5cm-by-5cm depressed fracture.
DNA analysis confirmed Kwong's DNA on the hammer's handle, with a one-in-6.2-billion chance of the sequence originating from anyone other than Kwong. The defence argues that the injuries might have been caused by Choi banging her head against a car handle instead.
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