Female street sleeper arson in deep water site

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Written by: Lin Leer

2020-01-06 16:44

A Vietnamese female street sleeper was suspected of arson in a temporary market in Tongzhou Street, Sham Shui Po, where she had spent the night. She used a lighter to burn the clothes of others in the wooden house. The fire then spread to the wooden house and nearby meter boxes. Police officers saw the thick smoke and went to investigate. After the Vietnamese woman was arrested, she was found to be in possession of other people's ID cards and keys. The Vietnamese woman has denied two counts of theft and intentional arson. The case is being heard in the District Court today (6). The prosecution opened a statement stating that the defendant had stated that he had burned a wooden house because his daughter often asked her for money and felt "guqi". She once claimed that she was not sick, but later claimed to have depression.

Defendant Du Xiaohui denied the intention of arson and theft in the District Court. (Profile picture)

Defendant Du Xiaohui, 45, denied denying 9 keys, an ID card, an elder card, a necklace, and a ring in Sham Shui Po on Sept. 8, 2018; and temporarily in Tongzhou Street on the 6th of the same month Outside the market, incineration of external walls, meter boxes, tin roofs, wooden houses, etc.

The defendant slept in the place of the crime a few days ago

The prosecution's submission stated that some temporary wooden houses outside the temporary market in Tongzhou Street had been slept outside the house only a few days before the crime. At about 8.30 in the morning, a homeowner heard a female voice saying "Mother burning a ditch," and saw the defendant holding a lighter outside the house to burn clothes outside another wooden house. He couldn't stop drinking, and when the fire spread into the house, he went to the temporary market to find a security alarm.

We call Gani so burnt wooden house

Fifteen minutes later, police officers spotted smoke and sparks and patrolled the defendant during the blockade to investigate. The defendant claimed that he had been in Hong Kong for more than 30 years and could speak local language. He also claimed that he had lived alone in a wooden house and burned sheets in the house. She was cautioned after her arrest: "My girl will return to me and save me money, and my spirit will burn a lighter and burn a wooden house."

Another bag was found in his handbag, which contained other people's ID cards, necklaces, rings, etc. Was warned that the handbag was picked up on the street early in the month. She later confessed during a cautionary interview that she was only suffering from insomnia, but in another interview she said she was suffering from depression.

More than 580,000 maintenance costs

Firefighters arrived at the scene and found that part of the West Kowloon Corridor was blackened, and temporary meter houses outside the market and a row of single-storey wooden houses were also burned. According to government estimates, the total cost of maintenance exceeds 580,000. In addition, a woman said that her handbag was missing during the rest of Qinzhou Street. She confirmed that her identity card, elder card, key and so on belonged to her.

Case number: DCCC1060 / 2018

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