16 Mar 2021
A Hong Kong district court sentenced a 24-year-old man to nearly six years in prison on Monday for a series of offenses, including biting off the fingertip of a police sergeant during a pro-democracy protest in 2019.
District Judge Johnny Chan Jong-herng sentenced To Kai-wa to five and a half years in prison on March 15 after he was found guilty in February of four separate offenses: assaulting a police officer, inflicting grievous bodily harm, wounding with intent, and disorderly conduct in a public place.
Wounding with intent carries a maximum sentence of life in prison in Hong Kong, “but the term is capped at seven years when the case is heard at the District Court,” according to the
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a man who bit off a police officer s finger during the social unrest in 2019, to five and half years in prison.Twenty-four-year-old To Kai-wa, a University of Hong Kong graduate, was accused of disorderly conduct .