{
  "id": 664901,
  "title": "Hong Kong murder suspect faces retrial after jury deadlocks on psychosis defence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/hong-kong-murder-suspect-faces-retrial-after-jury-deadlocks-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:04:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3363807/hong-kong-murder-suspect-faces-retrial-after-jury-deadlocks-psychosis-defence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Hong Kong court has ordered a murder suspect to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed the crime while suffering from a delusion that authorities were harassing him with electromagnetic waves. The 23-day High Court trial of former software developer Matthew Choi ended with a hung jury on Wednesday. Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping discharged the…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}