A 39-year-old lawyer in Hong Kong pleaded guilty in court to five charges in total involving sexual offences with a 12-year-old girl that occurred in the defendant’s residential flat.
Details of the Incident
The lawyer, Kelvin Luk Kin-ting, received a total of five charges. Two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, two counts of making child pornography, and one count of causing a person under 16 to make pornography.
According to Dimsum Daily, the incidents occurred on 4 Mar and 28 Mar 2024 after the lawyer initiated contact with the victim via messaging platforms. He invited her to his flat on multiple occasions, where sexual acts were performed and recorded without the girl’s consent.
He also took more than 200 nude photographs of the victim.
The timeline was confirmed through forensic analysis of the time-stamped video evidence seized during the police investigation.
Discovery and Investigation
The victim’s father brought the case to the authorities on 5 May 2024 after discovering inappropriate messages and videos on her daughter’s phone the day before.
Police investigators recovered multiple explicit videos from the lawyer’s device, leading to his arrest. Forensic experts authenticated the communications and video evidence during the investigation.
Legal Proceedings and Penalties
Under Hong Kong law, sexual activity with anyone under sixteen is illegal, irrespective of consent. Producing child pornography also carries harsh penalties. The maximum punishment for each sexual offence is life imprisonment.
The count of making child pornography can lead to up to eight years’ imprisonment.
He is set to receive his sentence on 17 Nov 2025, after relevant psychological and background reports are submitted.
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