Woman gets hospital order for attack on boyfriend
AM730 · 3 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago5 MIN
Summary
A 44-year-old woman, Tsui Sau-chun (徐秀春), was sentenced in the District Court on October 8 to a three-month hospital order after admitting one count of wounding with intent. The case concerned an attack on July 8, 2025, at a house in Pak Kong New Village, 2 Pak Kong Road, Sai Kung, where she struck her 66-year-old boyfriend with a hiking pole and a cleaver, leaving him with three head lacerations that required hospital treatment and stitches. The court heard that she later went to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station to surrender, and that she had been remanded at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre since first appearing in court. Judge Ko Wai-hung said she committed the offence while affected by mental illness and accepted a psychiatric recommendation for a hospital order.
Key Points
- Tsui Sau-chun, 44, admitted wounding a man surnamed Lok with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at Pak Kong New Village in Sai Kung on July 8, 2025.
- The victim, aged 66, was using his phone at home when he was struck from behind; he then turned and saw Tsui holding a cleaver.
- Tsui told police under caution that she acted over relationship problems and in a moment of impulse, hitting him once with a hiking pole and twice with a cleaver.
- Medical examination found three head lacerations measuring about 4 to 7 centimetres, with two wounds deep enough to expose bone and requiring stitches.
- Judge Ko said the attack was not premeditated but involved weapons and serious injury; although her condition improved with treatment, she still had delusional symptoms and resisted medication.
Why It Matters
The sentence shows how Hong Kong courts may use a hospital order instead of an immediate prison term when a violent offence is closely linked to a defendant’s psychiatric condition. It also underlines that even where a victim seeks leniency and no permanent disability is proved, serious head injuries caused with weapons remain grave offences requiring court-supervised treatment and detention.