Hello Kitty murder case | |
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Location | Kidnapping: Fu Yiu House, Lai Yiu Estate, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong Murder: No. 31, 3rd Floor, Block B Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong |
Date | March 17, 1999 | to April 14, 1999
Attack type | Torture murder causing traumatic shock, kidnapping, rape, decapitation |
Weapons | Metal pipes, kitchen utensils, hot wax, melted plastic, spices |
Victim | Fan Man-yee (樊敏儀), aged 23 |
Perpetrators |
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Motive | Inconclusive |
Verdict | Guilty of manslaughter
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Sentence | Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 20 years Leung Shing-cho: Commuted to 18 years in prison |
Case Number: CACC 522/2000 |
The Hello Kitty murder case (Chinese: Hello Kitty藏屍案; Jyutping: Hello Kitty cong4si1ngon3; lit. 'Hello Kitty hidden body case') took place in Hong Kong in the spring of 1999, when a nightclub hostess was abducted in Lai Yiu Estate, tortured and raped in an apartment in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, after stealing a wallet owned by one of her frequent customers.
Fan Man-yee (樊敏儀; Fán Mǐnyí; faan4 man5 ji4, 23) was held captive by three men and one girl before dying between 14 and 16 April 1999. Her body was decapitated and her skull placed inside of a Hello Kitty mermaid plush.[1]
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