Hong Kong - A 22-year-old man was on Tuesday beginning a 10 year jail sentence in Hong Kong for the killing of a homosexual man he claimed had made a pass at him. Cheung Yau-kong, appeared in court Monday after being found guilty of manslaughter by a majority of six-to-one at Hong Kong's Court of First Instance last Thursday.
Cheung killed butcher Chan Mow-sum, 67, in April 2003 by smashing his skull with a flashlight after Chan tried to touch his groin, said a report in the South China Morning Post.
Chan, who was known to be a homosexual by many of his friends and staff, was found battered to death with a bag on his head in his bedroom by one of his employees the following day.
Sentencing Chan, Recorder Andrew Macrae described the crime as a "brutal killing" and said he did not accept that Cheung was remorseful because of his behaviour following the crime.
The court heard, Cheung had set about to destroy the evidence and tried to create an alibi with a witness.
He also fled to mainland China but was handed over to Hong Kong police by officials last September.
