WORLD● LOWAug 12 · Aug 12, 2026, 12:04 PM
Hong Kong murder suspect faces retrial after jury deadlocks on psychosis defence
South China Morning Post
A Hong Kong court has ordered a murder suspect to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed the crime while suffering from a delusion that authorities were harassing him with electromagnetic waves. The 23-day High Court trial of former software developer Matthew Choi ended with a hung jury on Wednesday. Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping discharged the seven-member panel, saying the case was not so complex as to warrant the jurors, who had debated behind closed...
GlobeAlert aggregates and classifies open sources; the story above belongs to its publisher. Summaries are machine-generated from the source text.
More in World
WORLD22m agoAlima Jaw Jobe: "I like Uta Abe, but I want to do more than her"BBC AfriqueWORLD22m agoWe all have a right to be apolitical – for many it might be a matter of mental healthIrish Times WorldWORLD42m agoBelgrano Córdoba vs Barracas Central for the Torneo Clausura 2026, LIVE: what time they play, lineups and how to watch the matchClarínWORLD58m agoIdentities of pilots who landed hijacked FlyDubai plane after attack on Captain Smit Machchhar revealedThe Independent World