Jasmine Siu
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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A father put up a mighty struggle against his son's knife attack but was eventually killed when the son's friend landed several blows to his neck, the Court of First Instance heard.
Henry Chau Hoi-leung, 30, and friend Angus Tse Chun-kei, 35, have pleaded not guilty to murdering Glory Chau Wing-ki, 65, and his wife Moon Siu Yuet-yee, 62, at a Tai Kok Tsui flat in March last year.
However, both have admitted preventing the lawful burial of a body.
The court heard earlier the couple were dismembered, salted and cooked in a microwave oven, with parts of their bodies disposed of in the sea or kept in refrigerators.
Three police interviews with Henry Chau, in the presence of detective sergeant Chan Ka-hung, were shown in court yesterday.
Chau said he attacked his father while Tse attacked his mother.
He said the knives were hidden under newspapers on the sofa and close to a stash of clothes in the living room before being pulled out to attack the couple after Chau had lured his parents into Tse's living room.
Chau said he attempted to pierce his father's neck with a steak knife.
"My father resisted and called out for help," Chau said.
He said Tse slashed open his mother's neck horizontally with a fruit knife and came to his assistance after she collapsed.
Chau appeared calm and helpful in the interviews. On several occasions he even apologized and said "excuse me" when he failed to recall details.
Throughout the interviews, he addressed his parents as father and mother, sometimes by their full names, but also occasionally as "victims."
In the interview, Chau denied first-hand knowledge of how the bodies were dismembered.
He said he stayed away from the flat for a few days after the killings and learned of the disposal methods only when told by Tse and later when he saw boxes that contained dismembered parts.
In another interview, Chau told police that he killed his parents because his ties with them were deteriorating. He said he was disturbed by the expression on his mother's face and his father was self-righteous.
The trial continues.
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