Dildo-wielding Taoist priest and accomplice found guilty of Sai Kung murder

_{The accused, Dunsany Cheung Chi-choi, being taken by police to the scene of the murder in 2019}

The trial of the self-proclaimed Taoist priest and his accomplice accused of murdering an intellectually impaired woman in Sai Kung came to an end yesterday (15/10) when a 7-person jury at the High Court found them both guilty of murder.

The jury, comprising six women and a man, returned the unanimous verdict finding Dunsany Cheung Chi-choi, 54, guilty of a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence. The victim’s mother, who had been an “apprentice” of the man, was found guilty of aiding and abetting in the assault.

Cheung was also convicted of indecent assault for using a dildo on the victim, 21-year-old Ng Yan-yu, before she was found dead in a Lung Mei Village, Sai Kung village house on 2 September 2019.

Evidence showed Cheung hit the victim Ng on the head with fly swatters and banged her head against a wall. His co-defendant, Ng Ma Yu-kang, 57, pleaded not guilty to aiding Cheung by buying a dildo with him for use on her daughter.

Judge Esther Toh Lye-ping adjourned the case to Friday for mitigation and sentencing.

The victim was found dead in the Lung Mei Tsuen village house with swelling in her head. Cheung said Ng was possessed by an evil spirit so he beat her with fly swatters, slippers and umbrellas, as well as his fists and palms between March and September 2019.

He also said Ng, a virgin, had a sexual relationship in the spirit world so he bought a dildo and used it on her during a ritual.

On 1 September 2019, Cheung said, Ng did not get up on time, leading him to push her against the wall several times and leading to her being hit in the head and stomach. He said Ng drank baijiu without permission and forced her to finish it, saying “since you stole my alcohol, you have to drink it all.”

In the early hours the next day, he noticed Ng was still lying on the ground. He asked Ng’s father to call the police after a ritual. Ng had 80 bruises and scratches all over her body, indicating she was in great pain. She also had a high level of alcohol content in her blood while bleeding in the head when unconscious, which caused pneumonia and breathing difficulties that led to her death, the court heard.