{
  "id": 6413883,
  "title": "Court acquits brother of incest, citing failure to prove teen knew it was wrong",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/court-acquits-brother-of-incest-citing-failure-to-prove-teen-knew-it",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T11:22:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3366938/court-acquits-brother-incest-citing-failure-prove-teen-knew-it-was-wrong"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Hong Kong court has found a 24-year-old man not guilty of committing a spate of sexual offences against his younger sister a decade ago, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove the defendant knew what he did as a teenager was seriously wrong. A High Court jury of five men and two women acquitted the defendant on Thursday of four counts of incest and three of indecent conduct towards a child…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Court acquits brother of incest, citing failure to prove teen knew it was wrong",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/court-acquits-brother-of-incest-citing-failure-to-prove-teen-knew-it-6414246",
        "published": "2026-09-09T11:22:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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