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Hong Kong murder suspect faces retrial after jury deadlocks on psychosis defence
🌍 GlobalAug 12, 2026 12:04SRC: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTBY: Brian Wong
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
A Hong Kong court has ordered a murder suspect to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed the crime while suffering from a delusion that authorities were harassing him with electromagnetic waves. The 23-day High Court trial of former software developer Matthew Choi ended with a hung jury on Wednesday. Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping discharged the seven-member panel, saying the case was not so complex as to warrant the jurors, who had debated behind closed
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A Hong Kong court has ordered a murder suspect to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed the crime while suffering from a delusion that authorities were harassing him with electromagnetic waves.
The 23-day High Court trial of former software developer Matthew Choi ended with a hung jury on Wednesday.
Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping discharged the seven-member panel, saying the case was not so complex as to warrant the jurors, who had debated behind closed...
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