A Hong Kong man who claimed to be the reincarnation of a late Thai king has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the gruesome murder of an elderly man four years ago.
The High Court on Wednesday sentenced 35-year-old Mang Yat-lam to mandatory life in prison after a seven-member jury unanimously rejected his claim that he had been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the random attack.
Mang, who was unemployed, told the court he did not know his victim, 70-year-old Cheung...
Hong Kong man who claimed to be reincarnated Thai king gets life for axe murder
Published 3 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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