A 35-year-old Hong Kong clerk who cut and stabbed his father more than 80 times in the family home following an argument has maintained that he was not at fault for killing him because he was mentally unstable.
Lee Man-lok pleaded guilty at the High Court on Thursday to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility for fatally assaulting Lee Hok-choi, 78, on October 11, 2021.
Prosecutors agreed to reduce the original murder charge after three psychiatrists concluded the defendant’s…
