An elderly
Hong Kong couple were
allegedly dismembered by
their son and his friend
before being salted,
cooked and packed into
lunchboxes "like
barbecued pork", a court
has heard.
The severed heads of 65-
year-old Chau Wing-ki and
his wife Siu Yuet-yee, 62,
were found in March last
year, stuffed into two
refrigerators in a
bloodstained apartment,
days after they were
reported missing.
The other remains were
found in a rubbish bin,
cooked and packed into
lunchboxes with rice, in an
attempt by the duo to
hide the crime after they
ran out of space in the
refrigerators.
Their 30-year-old son
Henry Chau pleaded not
guilty to both counts of
murder on Wednesday,
reports said, as he and
alleged accomplice Tse
Chun-kei appeared on the
second day of the trial
before a packed court.
The South China Morning
Post reported that Chau
pleaded guilty to
manslaughter on the
grounds of diminished
responsiblity on Tuesday,
while Tse, 36, denied both
counts of murder.
Both men have admitted
preventing the couple's
lawful burial. Prosecutors
allege that Chau and Tse
planned the murder for
months, buying knives,
refrigerators, microwave
ovens and a rice cooker.
Chau initially told police
that his parents had gone
to mainland China, but
later admitted to the
murder on an Internet
messaging group.
In evidence read to the
city's High Court
Wednesday, he claimed
that he planned to
mislead the police in order
to buy himself some time
to say goodbye to friends.
"My murdering partner
and I were planning to
make it a missing person
case and dump the body
piece by piece," he said in
a group message.
Chau also called himself a
"psychopath" in the
messages and said: "I
cannot empathise with
people's pain because of
my experience from
childhood and
adolescence".
The Post reported that
Chau claims to have killed
his parents with the help
of Tse in the middle of an
emotional breakdown, but
prosecutors allege that the
murder was carefully
planned.

If that kills by the sword shall die by the sword.