The former police officer is accused of playing porn videos to his son frequently since his son's appointment with Xiao Wu, masturbating and asking his son to do it with him, and even live-streaming the sexual intercourse with his wife to his son, so that his son can see a real-life demonstration. Convicted of multiple counts of gross indecency.
In guiding the jury today (13th), the judge said that in addition to considering the credibility of the defendant's son's confession, the jury also specifically stated that gross indecency refers to behavior that obviously deviates from traditional customs and moral standards, that is, has normal morality. Thinking people will also consider it a serious act.
The jury is expected to retire tomorrow for deliberations.
The 47-year-old defendant was charged with 10 counts, including four counts of indecency with a child under the age of 16, three counts of incitement to commit gross indecency with a child under the age of 16, and three alternate charges of cruelty to a child. crime.
Alleging that he violated his son X in Hong Kong and Macau from 2016 to December 2018, when X was about 10 to 12 years old.
When instructing the jury, Supreme Court Judge Li Yunteng gave a detailed explanation of gross indecency.
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The prosecution's evidence mainly relies on the evidence of X
When leading the jury, Judge Li Yunteng said that the prosecution mainly relied on the testimony of the victim X, and also pointed out that although X testified, he had mentioned a number of incidents, including going to the shopping mall toilet and asking his father to masturbate to "celebrate", and watching the defendant at home. Arranged live intercourse, etc., but these are not the events that the charges refer to.
Findings of fact required on charges
The incidents mentioned in the charge are mainly that when X was reading Primary 5, the defendant broadcasted pornography at home and called X to watch it together. The defendant showed his penis and masturbated in front of X. It was also called X to do it together, and X finally followed suit; The other incidents include that when X refused to masturbate, the defendant once held a cane and threatened him to do it, and once when the two fathers and sons were watching the Premier League, X’s mother was sleeping in the room, and the defendant forced X to masturbate in the hall. In one case, the accused masturbated in front of X in a hotel room in Macau.
Li Guan said that the jury must decide whether these events really occurred at the relevant time and place.
Defendant insists that X was created out of nothing
The judge also mentioned that the defendant denied X's allegation, saying that none of the incidents happened, and that X was influenced by his mother and his family, pointing out that the incident was out of nothing.
Li Guan continued to point out that the reliability of X is of the utmost importance to whether the prosecution's allegations are true, and the events he described are known only to X and the defendant. The role of the jury is to make verdicts on the facts, but also on the facts of the charges. elements are considered.
Gross indecency depends on deviation from traditional moral standards
In particular, the judge explained the "gross indecency" in the charge in detail. He pointed out that "gross indecency" refers to an act that obviously and seriously deviates from traditional customs and moral standards, and is considered to be gross indecency by normal people.
When the jury decides whether the defendant played pornography to his son, whether he exposed his genitals and performed masturbation actions, it also has to consider whether he did it on purpose, or whether he was really "unconscious" of being seen by X There is encouragement, persuasion, suggestion, or pressure and intimidation to make X commit obscene acts, etc.
Case number: HCCC 251/2021
The former police officer was accused of molesting his son. The victim was suffering from a hidden penis. The doctor said that he was blasphemy. The son said he had to learn the live broadcast to know the girl and had sex with his wife. He said that the former police officer was involved in serious sexual harassment. The child had sex with his wife and watched the live broadcast and asked: Is the former police officer involved in forcing Ziqi to masturbate? There is not a single salty dish in my home. The defense of the former police officer involved in forcing his son to masturbate
