A 67-year-old jobless divorcee with a history of criminal offences has been jailed for nine years for sexually assaulting a woman during a brazen daytime break-in at a public rental flat in Hong Kong two years ago.
The High Court on Wednesday sentenced former dockworker Leung Kam-wah over the “very serious” offences committed against the 26-year-old mother after he tailed her from a wet market to her flat in Kwai Chung’s Lai King Estate on July 5, 2024.
Leung has 11 previous convictions, including two for unlawful sex with a minor and two for assault. He was last discharged from a drug treatment centre on Hei Ling Chau in September 2023.
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The court heard that the defendant, who lived alone in Wo King House on the estate, had gone out that day intending to find a victim to rape, carrying a 23cm cutter.
He loitered around the estate’s wet market that afternoon and became sexually aroused when he saw the woman, who was with her nine-month-old baby in a pram.
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Leung followed her into nearby Fung King House and held a cutter to her back as she opened the door to her flat.