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...
Hong Kong murder suspect faces retrial after jury deadlocks on psychosis defence
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August 12, 2026
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