A caring officer, Ms Chan, worked for a caring home in Sheung Shui, was convicted of common assault. The crime was so hideous that, the defendant smeared faeces and smacked a 65-year-old patient who suffered from dementia.
The attitude of Ms Chan was outrageous. She categorically denied those allegations, supported by three witnesses. In addition, the defendant was depicted to be so rude that she would address any lodger as "PK". Regarding the witnesses statement, Ms Chan simply said it was fabrication.
Nevertheless, the soundbite of the case was uttered by the Magistrate, Mr Symon Wong. Mr Wong was obviously so abhorred by defendant's vice, and commented in his judgment that Ms Chan would be punished by the Divinity (必遭天譴).
Being the judge of a secular court, Mr Wong could let the justice be done by sticking to the rule of law. Given the maximum penalty of common assault is a one-year imprisonment, no matter how sentimentally disgusting the process of the crime be, Mr Wong could not override the law. Understanding the constraint he faced, Magistrate Wong might have his bad wishes against Ms Chan slipped out of his mouth, and turn to God inside a law court.
Get down to earth please.
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