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Written by: Zhu Dixin
2020-08-13 19:03
Last update date: 2020-08-13 19:03A former airline kitchen worker who suffers from an adjustment disorder, two years ago because he was "unhappy for a while", he set fire to different floors of Po Chi Building, Po Lam Village, Tseung Kwan O, and burned the curtains. He earlier admitted to three counts of arson with intention. The judge said in the High Court today (13th) that the defendant committed the crime deliberately in a building with many residents and was extremely irresponsible. He even set fire outside the gates of other people's units, which made it more difficult for the residents to escape. He was injured in his home and needed to be sent to hospital for treatment. After consideration, the judge finally decided to sentence him to 5 years in prison.
The defendant He Shiwen (34 years old) has a number of different cases. The report shows that the defendant suffers from an adjustment disorder, is self-centered and irresponsible, and lacks good interpersonal relationships. The report believes that the risk of the defendant using violence again is not small.
Official reprimands are extremely irresponsible
The judge also stated that the defendant did not use a combustion aid when arson, but he deliberately set fire in a building with many residents and acted extremely irresponsibly. At the same time, he set fires on different floors, reflecting that the crime was not impulsive. The judge also reprimanded him for arson outside the door of the unit, which made it more difficult for the residents to escape. The judge could not ignore the serious consequences of his crimes. In fact, some residents were injured as a result. The judge then sentenced the defendant to 5 years in prison and required mental and psychological treatment in prison.
Households of different levels were set on fire
The case alleged that at 9 am on April 22, 2018, a female resident on the 8th floor of Baozhi Building, Baolin Village, smelled a burning smell and opened the door and found that the curtain was on fire. At the time of the appointment, a shoe rack and umbrella stand on the 10th floor outside the unit also caught fire. The female head of the household went out to fight the fire and was sent to the hospital due to inhalation of heavy smoke, while the households on the same floor rushed to escape. Later, another residence on the 21st floor also found that two pieces of clothing in the corridor caught fire, and he stepped on the flame.
I was warned and called unhappy for a while
Firefighters waited to investigate and believed that all three fires were deliberate arson. The defendant was arrested in the village four days later. The warning said: "I am not happy for the moment, so I will go to Po Chi Building and burn people first."
Case Number: HCCC185/2019
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