Ex-care home assistant jailed 13 years for five rapes
HK01 · 7 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago4 MIN
Summary
A former assistant warden at a Hong Chi Association hostel in Tai Po was sentenced by the High Court on Wednesday to 13 years in prison after a jury convicted him on five counts of rape. The judge said the defendant targeted a mentally incapacitated 23-year-old resident, exploited her desire for care and attention, and showed no sign of remorse.
Key Points
- Defendant Chung Pui-kei (宗培基), 38 when charged, was convicted of raping resident X on five occasions between July 13 and August 9 to 10, 2024, at a Tai Po hostel for people with disabilities.
- Judge Au Tak-kon (游德康) said X was a mentally incapacitated person, and that Chung’s conduct was premeditated, repeated, a breach of trust, and “despicable, disgusting and shocking”.
- X, now 23, had been assessed as mildly intellectually disabled, with mental capacity comparable to a child aged about nine years and eight months; some reports also said she had a psychiatric history.
- Police said CCTV showed Chung taking X into the male staff room four times during his shifts and entering her room once, while forensic tests found his semen and X’s DNA on her bedsheet.
- Officers also found lubricant, condoms and a male genital spray in Chung’s locker; his explanation that semen reached the bedsheet because he sat there in shorts while sweating was rejected by the judge as absurd.
Why It Matters
The case has drawn attention to abuse risks inside residential care settings, where staff hold authority over vulnerable residents who may have limited ability to resist or report sexual violence. Police said the defendant abused his position as a caregiver and welcomed the sentence as having deterrent value for similar cases.