A Hong Kong lawyer has been jailed for three years and seven months for having sex twice with a 12-year-old girl and taking more than 200 photographs and videos of the illegal acts.
The District Court on Thursday rejected the claim by Kelvin Luk Kin-ting, 40, that he was in a serious and genuinely loving relationship with the girl, finding instead that he had preyed on her immaturity and curiosity for sex to satisfy his own desires.
Deputy Judge Katherine Lo Kit-yee said she was dismayed that a well-educated lawyer such as Luk would solicit sex from a Form One pupil with limited life experience and exposure to society.
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Lo said the case was aggravated by Luk’s insistence on having sex with the girl without a condom, using the excuse that he was allergic to the protective covering.
The court heard Luk, a former consultant at local law firm HY Leung & Co LLP, became infatuated with the girl – identified in court as X – after failed relationships with adult women.
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When the pair first met on the dating app “Heymandi” in January last year, Luk claimed to be aged about 28 or 29, while the girl portrayed herself as a senior secondary school student preparing for university entrance exams.