Due to emotional problems, the two women contacted a man who claimed to be able to use "dark witchcraft" on the Internet. He claimed that he could perform a "living devotion ceremony" for people to help people improve interpersonal relationships. The two women approached the man " However, the man brutally killed rats and rabbits for a "ceremony" and was charged with animal cruelty.
The two women were also arrested in the incident. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to abuse animals and said they had learned a lesson. One of them even promised to go vegetarian for 10 days a month.
The magistrate, Xiang Shuxian, accepted that the two committed the crime due to emotional problems, believing that the case was a single incident, which was inconsistent with their past personalities, and sentenced each to a 120-hour social service order.
Two female defendants: Guo Yun Sui (29 years old, salesperson) and Liu Gigi (32 years old, beautician), pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to cruelty to animals.
The male defendant in the same case, Tang Chuoqian (19 years old, a college student) pleaded guilty to nine counts of attempt, conspiracy and cruelty to animals and was sentenced to a rehabilitation center; another female defendant, Cai Jingning (24 years old, female, who had visited Tang) Receptionist) pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to cruelly treat animals and was also sentenced to a 120-hour community service order.
Emotional problems without thinking about the consequences
The defense pleaded that Guo committed the crime because of emotional problems, did not think about the consequences, now regrets it, and promised to be a vegetarian for 10 days a month.
Guo also submitted a psychiatric report, saying that she had suffered from severe depression, relapsed at the time of the incident, and used inappropriate solutions to deal with emotional problems; the defense also pointed out that Liu had broken up with her boyfriend who had been dating for more than 10 years at that time, because she hoped to change Love is lucky to commit crimes, I believe that keeping a criminal record has caused deep punishment to her, and the chance of re-offending is low.
Guo Hua spent more than 50,000 yuan for 3 to 4 ceremonies
According to the case, both of them met the first defendant, Tang Chuoqian, through social media Instagram in early August last year.
Tang told Guo that he would use mice and rabbits for parting rituals, and sent some bloody photos from time to time. He also pointed out that the more animals used, the stronger the effect.
At the beginning, Guo said he didn't want to kill small animals, so he switched to mice, but later he switched to rabbits because the ceremony was not going well.
Guo finally spent about 52,000 Hong Kong dollars for about 3 to 4 ceremonies. Under the warning, she said that she had never attended the ceremony. or being deceived by Tang;
Liu Yu used the ceremony to reunite with his ex-boyfriend
As for Liu, after Tang sent some of his photos of the ceremony, he negotiated the price with the other party and sent the photos of himself and another man to Tang, hoping to use the ceremony to reunite with his ex-boyfriend.
When Liu asked if live animals were needed for the ceremony, Tang responded by sending pictures of some bloody animals. Liu finally spent about HK$12,000.
After being arrested, Liu claimed under caution that Tang never mentioned cruelty to animals, nor did he pay attention to the photos that Tang sent.
Case No.: WKCC 923/2022
Black witchcraft solves women's emotional problems. College students admit to using rats as living sacrifices. Sentencing to rehabilitative centers At least 2 similar cases exposed
